Given name & surname
Beckett
“from the small brook”
Beckett is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the small brook.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the small brook.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beckett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30,530
- 29,156 boys · 1,374 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 2,625 babies
- 2025
- 2,625
- #141 for boys · #1,856 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,518 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 141 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 107 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (171). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,466 as a first name in 2020; 11,411 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beckett’s family of names
Beckett has a related form in Beck. Beckett has a related form in Becket. Beckett has a related form in Beckette.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Beckett
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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