girls' name ★ peaked 1996

Rebekah

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #884 Trend ↓ Falling 23%

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

Rank 2025
#884
among girls · ↓7 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
302
named Rebekah · -2% vs 2024
How common
1 in 5,322
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1996
2,222 babies
All-time total
75,915
#455 all-time among girls
First recorded
1883
in Social Security records

Rebekah popularity over time

75,915 babies have been named Rebekah since 1883, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 18 – 18 2 – #808
1890s 55 – 55 6 +206% #1,120
1900s 32 – 32 3 -42% #1,528
1910s 183 – 183 18 +472% #1,350
1920s 191 – 191 19 +4% #1,638
1930s 222 – 222 22 +16% #1,464
1940s 616 – 616 62 +177% #907
1950s 1,822 – 1,822 182 +196% #655
1960s 2,401 – 2,401 240 +32% #532
1970s 9,654 24 9,678 968 +303% #178
1980s 18,319 83 18,402 1,840 +90% #143
1990s 20,927 7 20,934 2,093 +14% #145
2000s 13,551 5 13,556 1,356 -35% #173
2010s 5,969 – 5,969 597 -56% #404
2020s (to 2025) 1,836 – 1,836 306 -49% #773

Where Rebekah is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 290 0.18 outside top 500
2027 280 0.17 outside top 500
2028 272 0.17 outside top 500
2029 265 0.16 outside top 500
2030 260 0.16 outside top 500

Where Rebekah is most popular

Girls named Rebekah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.183 per 1,000. Strongest in Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Montana.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Rebekah born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Pennsylvania 120 0.508 +177%
Kansas 27 0.468 +156%
Montana 5 0.369 +102%
Missouri 43 0.357 +95%
Utah 27 0.324 +77%
Ohio 72 0.303 +66%
Oklahoma 22 0.299 +63%
Idaho 10 0.299 +63%
Tennessee 47 0.297 +62%
Alabama 26 0.277 +51%
Virginia 46 0.270 +48%
Michigan 46 0.253 +38%
Indiana 35 0.249 +36%
Arizona 34 0.242 +32%
Kentucky 20 0.234 +28%
South Carolina 21 0.234 +28%
North Carolina 53 0.233 +27%
Texas 172 0.214 +17%
New Mexico 5 0.206 +12%
Florida 79 0.185 ≈ national
Maryland 19 0.179 ≈ national
Arkansas 9 0.170 -7%
Georgia 37 0.163 -11%
New York 56 0.141 -23%
Illinois 32 0.140 -24%
Nebraska 5 0.139 -24%
Minnesota 15 0.139 -24%
California 114 0.136 -26%
Colorado 10 0.090 -51%
Wisconsin 9 0.087 -52%
Iowa 5 0.086 -53%
Oregon 5 0.077 -58%
Washington 10 0.069 -62%
Louisiana 6 0.069 -63%
Massachusetts 5 0.041 -77%
New Jersey 6 0.033 -82%
Alaska – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Nevada – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Rebekah

Rebekah is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #884 in 2025 with 302 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1883, 75,915 American babies have been named Rebekah. Its peak came in 1996, when 2,222 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Rebekah stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Rebekah?

The median living Rebekah is about 33 years old; half are between 24 and 43. An estimated 73 thousand people named Rebekah are alive in the United States today.

median 33 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Rebekah year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 302 #884 – –
2024 308 #877 – –
2023 254 #1,003 – –
2022 289 #939 – –
2021 331 #834 – –
2020 352 #773 – –
2019 399 #716 – –
2018 415 #703 – –
2017 501 #604 – –
2016 527 #584 – –
2015 606 #519 – –
2014 628 #497 – –
2013 664 #463 – –
2012 714 #439 – –
2011 720 #434 – –
2010 795 #404 – –
2009 891 #362 – –
2008 947 #353 – –
2007 1,107 #308 – –
2006 1,227 #267 – –
2005 1,282 #254 – –
2004 1,389 #235 5 #12,805
2003 1,503 #217 – –
2002 1,571 #211 – –
2001 1,738 #188 – –
2000 1,896 #173 – –
1995 2,071 #156 – –
1990 2,044 #149 7 #7,002
1985 1,791 #159 6 #6,351
1980 1,729 #162 10 #4,063
1975 1,071 #227 – –
1970 375 #519 – –
1965 239 #633 – –
1960 194 #727 – –
1955 202 #659 – –
1950 98 #896 – –
1945 54 #1,074 – –
1940 40 #1,166 – –
1935 25 #1,507 – –
1930 18 #2,007 – –
1925 27 #1,638 – –
1920 19 #2,062 – –
1915 27 #1,394 – –
1910 6 #2,357 – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 7 #1,403 – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Rebekah

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Rebekah Brooks English journalist (born 1968) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Rebekah, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Rebekah?

The median living Rebekah is about 33 years old. Half of all living Rebekahs are between 24 and 43 years old.

How many people named Rebekah are alive today?

An estimated 73 thousand people named Rebekah are alive in the United States, based on 75,915 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Rebekah mean?

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

How popular is the name Rebekah in 2025?

Rebekah ranked #884 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 302 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Rebekah?

75,915 babies have been named Rebekah in the United States since 1883, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Rebekah most popular?

Rebekah peaked in 1996, when 2,222 newborns received the name.

Is Rebekah a boy or girl name?

Rebekah is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Rebekah rising or falling?

Rebekah is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Rebekah become more popular?

Rebekah is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 260 girls named Rebekah in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Rebekah?

Well-known people named Rebekah include Rebekah Brooks (writer).

Names like Rebekah

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