Beckham an haife shi ne a asibitin jami'ar Whipps Cross a Leytonstone, London, Ingila. Shi ne dan Sandra Georgina (née West; b. 1949), mai gyaran gashi, da David Edward Alan "Ted" Beckham (b. Edmonton, London, 1948), mai gyaran dafa abinci, wanda ya yi aure a London Borough of Hackney a shekarar 1969. Yana da 'yar'uwa babba, Lynne Georgina, da ƙaramar' yar'uwa, Joanne Louise. Ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a kai a kai a Ridgeway Park, Chingford, a matsayin yaro, kuma ya halarci Chase Lane Primary School da Chingford County High School. A cikin wata hira ta 2007, Beckham ya ce, "A makaranta duk lokacin da malamai suka tambaya, 'Me kuke so ku yi lokacin da kuke' zan ce, 'Ina son in zama dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa.'
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