Beecher
Beecher is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 818th, in 1904.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192136 births
- Best rank
- #818in 1904
- Since 1884
- 1,019people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,019 boys have been named Beecher in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 36 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Beecher | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | |
| 1890s | 15 | |
| 1900s | 35 | |
| 1910s | 201 | |
| 1920s | 251 | |
| 1930s | 170 | |
| 1940s | 142 | |
| 1950s | 90 | |
| 1960s | 50 | |
| 1970s | 24 | |
| 1990s | 6 | |
| 2000s | 13 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Beecher was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Beecher
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hubertpeak 1924
- Norvalpeak 1918
- Wilburpeak 1918
- Orvillepeak 1920
- Elwoodpeak 1921
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Gardnerpeak 1915
- Francispeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.