Bek

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bek by the numbers

Bek was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Bek

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bek. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bena form of Benjamin; son of the right hand79 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Beckstream or small brook124 in the US (2017)
  • Brek12 in the US (2017)
  • Beka7 in the US (2017)
  • Berk6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bek

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