Given name
Becca
“one who is bound to God”
Becca is a variant of Becky. In English use, Becky carries the interpretation “one who is bound to God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Becca is a variant of Becky. In English use, Becky carries the interpretation “one who is bound to God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Becca is a short form of Rebecca. Rebecca has been associated with Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Becca is a diminutive of Rebecca.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Becca is a short form of Rebecca. The history of Rebecca gives this family its wider story. Rebecca has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Becca through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,347
- 0 boys · 3,347 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 141 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #4,080 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,080 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 141 in 1993. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,067 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Becca’s family of names
In English usage, Becca is a diminutive of Rebecca. Becca has a related form in Becky. Becca is a short form of Rebecca.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Becca
- Becca TobinAmerican actress and singerborn 1986
- Becca FitzpatrickAmerican writerborn 1979
- BeccaGhanaian singer-songwriter and actressborn 1984
- BeccaAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1989
- Becca BalintAmerican politician (born 1968)
- Becca StevensAmerican jazz, pop, and folk singer, and guitaristborn 1984
- Becca MorosAmerican soccer playerborn 1985
- Becca HamiltonAmerican female curlerborn 1990
- Becca BernsteinAmerican artistborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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