Rebel
Rebel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 65 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 650.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2021130 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 2,370people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,438 girls have been named Rebel in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 130 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 40%.
Rebel is used for both sexes: 39% of its bearers are boys (932), most of them born around 2020.
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Rebel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Rebel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Theapeak 2018
- Blaykepeak 2017
- Theiapeak 2019
- Harlynnpeak 2017
- Raelynnpeak 2022
- Aryapeak 2019
- Daeneryspeak 2018
- Meridapeak 2017
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.