Becky is the English diminutive of Rebecca — from the Hebrew Rivkah ("to bind, to ensnare," implying something captivating). A top-50 US baby name from 1964 to 1973, peaking at #50 in 1970. Becky Sharp — antiheroine of William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair (1847-1848) — a social-climbing English orphan navigating Regency society; subject of several film adaptations including the 2004 Reese Witherspoon film and the 2018 ITV series with Olivia Cooke. Becky G (born Rebbeca Marie Gomez, 1997) — *American singer and actress of Mexican descent; her bilingual approach to pop helped open Spanish-language hits to US Top 40 radio in the 2010s; Shower (2014), Mayores with Bad Bunny (2017), Sin Pijama with Natti Natasha (2018). First Latina solo artist to top the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart with multiple consecutive singles. Played Trini Kwan, the Yellow Power Ranger, in 2017's Power Rangers — the first Latina Power Ranger. Becky Lynch (born 1987)* — Irish professional wrestler; first WWE Women's Royal Rumble winner.
Featured throughout English literature and modern Latin pop.
Becky reduces to eight — the number of Vanity Fair.