Rebecca remains a common girls' name (#349 in 2025), down from a peak of #10 in 1973.
Rebecca is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #350 for girl births in the United States (and #730 across all names), given to 872 babies. Rebecca first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1981 (16,737 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 872 | 872 | #350 | — |
| 2024 | 918 | 918 | #340 | — |
| 2023 | 985 | 985 | #315 | — |
| 2022 | 1,075 | 1,075 | #296 | — |
| 2021 | 1,051 | 1,051 | #304 | — |
| 2020 | 1,212 | 1,212 | #249 | — |
| 2019 | 1,263 | 1,263 | #263 | — |
| 2018 | 1,459 | 1,459 | #211 | — |
| 2017 | 1,440 | 1,440 | #214 | #10,534 |
| 2016 | 1,580 | 1,580 | #205 | — |
| 2015 | 1,728 | 1,728 | #189 | — |
| 2014 | 1,782 | 1,782 | #181 | — |
| 2013 | 1,806 | 1,806 | #177 | — |
| 2012 | 2,019 | 2,024 | #157 | — |
| 2011 | 2,119 | 2,124 | #148 | — |
| 2010 | 2,299 | 2,299 | #134 | — |
| 2009 | 2,478 | 2,488 | #132 | #14,038 |
| 2008 | 2,930 | 2,930 | #118 | #9,659 |
| 2007 | 3,220 | 3,231 | #105 | #13,946 |
| 2006 | 3,579 | 3,579 | #96 | #11,733 |
| 2005 | 4,027 | 4,034 | #81 | #8,157 |
| 2004 | 4,496 | 4,502 | #70 | #4,103 |
| 2003 | 4,879 | 4,895 | #63 | #10,573 |
| 2002 | 5,230 | 5,243 | #54 | #8,275 |
| 2001 | 5,900 | 5,911 | #46 | #9,017 |
| 2000 | 7,086 | 7,100 | #39 | #8,036 |
| 1999 | 7,448 | 7,465 | #38 | #5,960 |
| 1998 | 8,434 | 8,457 | #30 | #5,753 |
| 1997 | 9,644 | — | #25 | #5,998 |
| 1996 | 10,638 | — | #24 | #5,118 |
| 1995 | 9,925 | — | #28 | #4,454 |
| 1994 | 11,300 | — | #24 | #4,050 |
| 1993 | 12,341 | — | #22 | #3,342 |
| 1992 | 13,130 | — | #20 | #3,312 |
| 1991 | 13,330 | — | #21 | #2,284 |
| 1990 | 13,717 | — | #21 | #1,933 |
| 1989 | 12,521 | — | #24 | #1,153 |
| 1988 | 11,916 | — | #26 | #1,787 |
| 1987 | 11,673 | — | #25 | #1,553 |
| 1986 | 11,849 | — | #26 | #1,316 |
| 1985 | 12,757 | — | #25 | #1,347 |
| 1984 | 13,393 | — | #23 | #1,439 |
| 1983 | 14,773 | — | #19 | #1,187 |
| 1982 | 15,794 | — | #15 | #1,145 |
| 1981 | 16,801 | — | #12 | #1,151 |
| 1980 | 15,329 | — | #17 | #1,373 |
| 1979 | 14,600 | — | #17 | #1,285 |
| 1978 | 13,852 | — | #17 | #1,198 |
| 1977 | 14,254 | — | #17 | #1,155 |
| 1976 | 14,544 | — | #12 | #1,188 |
| 1975 | 13,995 | — | #11 | #983 |
| 1974 | 15,212 | — | #10 | #1,191 |
| 1973 | 14,924 | — | #10 | #1,089 |
| 1972 | 13,316 | — | #14 | #1,012 |
| 1971 | 12,238 | — | #23 | #1,231 |
| 1970 | 10,883 | — | #29 | #1,604 |
| 1969 | 10,988 | — | #28 | #1,295 |
| 1968 | 10,253 | — | #33 | #1,500 |
| 1967 | 9,853 | — | #39 | #1,405 |
| 1966 | 9,814 | — | #40 | #1,256 |
| 1965 | 10,238 | — | #41 | #1,508 |
| 1964 | 9,497 | — | #46 | #1,686 |
| 1963 | 9,422 | — | #44 | #1,478 |
| 1962 | 9,425 | — | #47 | #1,747 |
| 1961 | 10,266 | — | #44 | #1,489 |
| 1960 | 9,994 | — | #38 | #1,680 |
| 1959 | 10,495 | — | #38 | #1,852 |
| 1958 | 10,432 | — | #41 | #2,077 |
| 1957 | 11,514 | — | #34 | #1,405 |
| 1956 | 12,187 | — | #27 | #1,878 |
| 1955 | 12,419 | — | #27 | #1,716 |
| 1954 | 13,228 | — | #26 | #1,749 |
| 1953 | 12,980 | — | #24 | #1,700 |
| 1952 | 12,250 | — | #30 | #1,606 |
| 1951 | 10,947 | — | #32 | #2,032 |
| 1950 | 9,442 | — | #36 | #1,865 |
| 1949 | 8,796 | — | #40 | #1,810 |
| 1948 | 6,811 | — | #50 | #1,931 |
| 1947 | 6,346 | — | #52 | #2,232 |
| 1946 | 4,850 | — | #68 | #2,509 |
| 1945 | 3,337 | — | #85 | #3,249 |
| 1944 | 3,258 | — | #84 | #2,170 |
| 1943 | 3,277 | — | #87 | #3,175 |
| 1942 | 3,252 | — | #85 | #2,360 |
| 1941 | 2,932 | — | #86 | #2,833 |
| 1940 | 2,568 | — | #96 | #2,063 |
| 1939 | 1,805 | — | #134 | #2,583 |
| 1938 | 1,581 | — | #145 | #2,816 |
| 1937 | 1,219 | — | #166 | #2,632 |
| 1936 | 1,210 | — | #164 | #2,417 |
| 1935 | 1,208 | — | #163 | — |
| 1934 | 1,167 | — | #165 | #3,595 |
| 1933 | 1,072 | — | #169 | — |
| 1932 | 1,199 | — | #162 | #3,305 |
| 1931 | 1,097 | — | #170 | #3,044 |
| 1930 | 1,121 | — | #176 | #3,523 |
| 1929 | 1,084 | — | #181 | — |
| 1928 | 1,121 | — | #183 | — |
| 1927 | 1,266 | — | #170 | #4,106 |
| 1926 | 1,149 | — | #185 | #4,700 |
| 1925 | 1,211 | — | #183 | #3,341 |
| 1924 | 1,364 | — | #171 | #4,252 |
| 1923 | 1,281 | — | #174 | #3,747 |
| 1922 | 1,303 | — | #173 | #3,796 |
| 1921 | 1,272 | — | #175 | — |
| 1920 | 1,277 | — | #175 | #3,432 |
| 1919 | 1,267 | — | #170 | — |
| 1918 | 1,253 | — | #172 | #2,844 |
| 1917 | 1,215 | — | #165 | — |
| 1916 | 1,132 | — | #169 | — |
| 1915 | 1,169 | — | #159 | — |
| 1914 | 897 | — | #162 | #2,853 |
| 1913 | 744 | — | #158 | #3,176 |
| 1912 | 754 | — | #144 | — |
| 1911 | 546 | — | #148 | — |
| 1910 | 519 | — | #154 | — |
| 1909 | 477 | — | #151 | #1,247 |
| 1908 | 451 | — | #149 | — |
| 1907 | 400 | — | #159 | — |
| 1906 | 397 | — | #150 | — |
| 1905 | 402 | — | #148 | — |
| 1904 | 371 | — | #146 | — |
| 1903 | 334 | — | #154 | — |
| 1902 | 382 | — | #144 | — |
| 1901 | 342 | — | #144 | — |
| 1900 | 503 | — | #126 | — |
| 1899 | 347 | — | #135 | — |
| 1898 | 376 | — | #136 | — |
| 1897 | 376 | — | #129 | — |
| 1896 | 371 | — | #128 | — |
| 1895 | 386 | — | #122 | — |
| 1894 | 399 | — | #118 | — |
| 1893 | 358 | — | #121 | — |
| 1892 | 353 | — | #125 | — |
| 1891 | 320 | — | #123 | — |
| 1890 | 374 | — | #107 | — |
| 1889 | 337 | — | #114 | — |
| 1888 | 337 | — | #111 | — |
| 1887 | 275 | — | #110 | — |
| 1886 | 355 | — | #95 | — |
| 1885 | 302 | — | #99 | — |
| 1884 | 278 | — | #102 | — |
| 1883 | 244 | — | #103 | — |
| 1882 | 259 | — | #99 | — |
| 1881 | 226 | — | #96 | — |
| 1880 | 236 | — | #92 | — |