Entry № 885 · English origin

Becky Becky — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BEK-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"To bind (Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair; Becky G)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "to bind (becky sharp in vanity fair; becky g)".

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.

To bind. Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair (1847); Becky G first Latina Yellow Power Ranger.

The name in its native script.

Becky
Transliteration
Becky
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɛk.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Becky stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 50 in 1970
Babies named Becky · last year
110 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1881
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #50 NOW · —

Beckys before her.

Real people
Becky G
American Latina singer.
born 1997
Becky Lynch
Irish professional wrestler.
born 1987
In fiction
Becky Sharp
Thackeray's Vanity Fair.
1847

Names connected to Becky.

The number behind Becky.

8

The Authority

Becky reduces to eight — the number of Vanity Fair.

Why families chose this name.

"Sharp's bind. Five letters. Becky."
Maria · Mother of one · Inglewood