Is Beecher a boy or girl name?

Beecher is a boy’s name. Of the 1,019 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

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Beecher

Recorded 1884–2022 · United States

Beecher was most popular in 1921, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,391 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,019 people named Beecher.

Beecher over time

Births per year. The dot marks Beecher’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Beecher a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Beecher is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,019 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Beecher

Where Beecher is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org