Rebekah
Rebekah is ranked 877th among girls in 2024 (307 births). Its best rank was 143rd, in 1982.
- Rank in 2024
- #877outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 3070.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19962,222 births
- Best rank
- #143in 1982
- Since 1883
- 75,482people given the name
The story in the numbers
75,482 girls have been named Rebekah in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 2,222 births — 0.13% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 498 → 877).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 28%. It has spent 79 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Rebekah | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | |
| 1890s | 55 | |
| 1900s | 32 | |
| 1910s | 183 | |
| 1920s | 191 | |
| 1930s | 222 | |
| 1940s | 616 | |
| 1950s | 1,822 | |
| 1960s | 2,402 | |
| 1970s | 9,654 | |
| 1980s | 18,319 | |
| 1990s | 20,926 | |
| 2000s | 13,547 | |
| 2010s | 5,967 | |
| 2020s | 1,528 |
In 1996, its biggest year
Rebekah was the 146th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1996 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Rebekah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bethaniepeak 1991
- Rociopeak 1992
- Nishapeak 1984
- Bethanypeak 1987
- Denaepeak 1997
- Carissapeak 1992
- Tiapeak 1982
- Rebekkapeak 1997
Other spellings in the data
- Rebecca757,198 ever
- Rebeca14,025 ever
- Rebecka3,313 ever
- Rebeka2,647 ever
- Rebbecca2,315 ever
- Rebekka2,061 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.