Rebekah

rih-BEH-kuh /ɹᵻˈbɛkə/
girl 3 syllables cooling

Rebekah is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1996 and has since faded.

Rebekah is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #884 for girl births in the United States (and #1,680 across all names), given to 302 babies. Rebekah was first reported in SSA data in 1883 and peaked in 1996 (2,222 births).

About the name Rebekah

Pronunciationrih-BEH-kuh /ɹᵻˈbɛkə/
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#884among girls 2025
#1,680among all names 2025
302girls 2025

Names similar to Rebekah

How popular is Rebekah?

Girls named Rebekah 302 in 2025
188319001920194019601980200020202025
Girls named Rebekah per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1883–2025 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2025) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Boys named Rebekah
19741975198019851990199520002004
Boys named Rebekah per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1883–2025 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2025) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Rebekah total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territories♀ Rank♂ Rank
2025302302#884—
2024308308#877—
2023254254#1,003—
2022289289#939—
2021331331#834—
2020352352#773—
2019399399#716—
2018415415#703—
2017501501#604—
2016527527#584—
2015606606#519—
2014628628#497—
2013664664#463—
2012714714#439—
2011720720#434—
2010795795#404—
2009891891#362—
2008947947#353—
20071,1071,107#308—
20061,2271,227#267—
20051,2821,282#254—
20041,3941,394#235#12,805
20031,5031,503#217—
20021,5711,571#211—
20011,7381,738#188—
20001,8961,896#173—
19992,0672,067#156—
19982,0302,030#155—
19972,057—#151—
19962,222—#146—
19952,071—#156—
19942,159—#152—
19932,108—#148—
19922,106—#145—
19912,063—#147—
19902,051—#149#7,002
19891,881—#154#4,467
19881,701—#168#8,241
19871,740—#161#5,341
19861,843—#153#5,230
19851,797—#159#6,351
19841,814—#157#3,879
19831,906—#152#5,349
19822,067—#143#4,908
19811,914—#149#4,860
19801,739—#162#4,063
19791,519—#178—
19781,354—#193#3,559
19771,329—#200—
19761,193—#207#5,458
19751,071—#227—
19741,030—#250#4,525
1973763—#305—
1972539—#389—
1971505—#420—
1970375—#519—
1969344—#532—
1968273—#580—
1967285—#559—
1966258—#589—
1965239—#633—
1964217—#706—
1963191—#745—
1962213—#707—
1961187—#767—
1960194—#727—
1959202—#705—
1958197—#703—
1957208—#693—
1956210—#662—
1955202—#659—
1954197—#655—
1953189—#656—
1952173—#676—
1951146—#723—
195098—#896—
194996—#907—
194883—#961—
194788—#948—
194668—#1,031—
194554—#1,074—
194441—#1,251—
194344—#1,223—
194239—#1,297—
194163—#932—
194040—#1,166—
193925—#1,536—
193826—#1,499—
193721—#1,724—
193625—#1,498—
193525—#1,507—
193423—#1,598—
193326—#1,464—
193221—#1,739—
193112—#2,550—
193018—#2,007—
192913—#2,553—
192815—#2,360—
192717—#2,242—
192619—#2,060—
192527—#1,638—
192418—#2,195—
192320—#2,011—
192225—#1,718—
192118—#2,182—
192019—#2,062—
191925—#1,640—
191833—#1,354—
191719—#1,904—
191620—#1,790—
191527—#1,394—
191418—#1,593—
191319—#1,350—
19127—#2,587—
19119—#1,769—
19106—#2,357—
19085—#2,365—
19077—#1,785—
19068—#1,528—
19027—#1,568—
19015—#1,896—
18998—#1,267—
18986—#1,658—
18966—#1,553—
18957—#1,403—
18949—#1,120—
18935—#1,615—
18928—#1,155—
18916—#1,308—
18875—#1,275—
18846—#1,005—
18837—#808—