Rebeca
#1,339 for girls in 2025, 166 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 422 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,193since 1888
Rebeca over time
Rank among girls' names. Rebeca has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,339 | 166 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,264 | 184 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,292 | 177 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,288 | 184 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,469 | 146 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,241 | 183 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,340 | 170 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,292 | 176 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,379 | 167 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,164 | 216 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,326 | 179 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,270 | 189 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,152 | 208 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,136 | 216 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,120 | 219 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,205 | 201 | — | |
| 2009 | #945 | 282 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,022 | 256 | — | |
| 2007 | #957 | 284 | — | |
| 2006 | #851 | 315 | — | |
| 2005 | #796 | 326 | — | |
| 2004 | #735 | 359 | — | |
| 2003 | #633 | 422 | — | |
| 2002 | #875 | 261 | — | |
| 2001 | #815 | 288 | — | |
| 2000 | #707 | 329 | — | |
| 1999 | #708 | 320 | — | |
| 1998 | #708 | 313 | — | |
| 1997 | #740 | 288 | — | |
| 1996 | #715 | 295 | — | |
| 1995 | #684 | 311 | — | |
| 1994 | #640 | 340 | — | |
| 1993 | #654 | 340 | — | |
| 1992 | #711 | 302 | — | |
| 1991 | #695 | 307 | — | |
| 1990 | #722 | 289 | — | |
| 1989 | #795 | 239 | — | |
| 1988 | #797 | 232 | — | |
| 1987 | #966 | 164 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,005 | 153 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #919 | 172 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,040 | 136 | — | |
| 1983 | #910 | 165 | — | |
| 1982 | #890 | 172 | — | |
| 1981 | #816 | 195 | — | |
| 1980 | #893 | 170 | — | |
| 1979 | #923 | 159 | — | |
| 1978 | #936 | 151 | — | |
| 1977 | #995 | 136 | — | |
| 1976 | #903 | 146 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,007 | 120 | — | |
| 1974 | #979 | 125 | — | |
| 1973 | #943 | 128 | — | |
| 1972 | #972 | 124 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,047 | 115 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,201 | 94 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,176 | 90 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,279 | 74 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,281 | 71 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,232 | 76 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,383 | 66 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,241 | 78 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,376 | 65 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,301 | 71 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,466 | 54 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,628 | 44 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,450 | 42 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,320 | 33 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,210 | 40 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | — | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Rebeca! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Rebeca
- 75 spots since 2024 (#1,264 → #1,339)
- 98 spots since 2020 (#1,241 → #1,339)
- 13 spots since 2015 (#1,326 → #1,339)
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 2003 (#875 → #633)
- Biggest drop: 260 spots in 2010 (#945 → #1,205)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 2003 at #633 (422 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1987–2007
- Highest: 1 in 4,330 girls born in 2003 were named Rebeca (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,682 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.0% of all girls named Rebeca (3,122) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,332 (1891) | #1,332 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,439 (1908) | #1,676 |
| 1910s | 84 | #1,801 (1919) | #2,267 |
| 1920s | 249 | #1,210 (1928) | #1,758 |
| 1930s | 213 | #1,320 (1930) | #1,788 |
| 1940s | 204 | #1,706 (1942) | #1,975 |
| 1950s | 392 | #1,450 (1951) | #1,645 |
| 1960s | 717 | #1,176 (1969) | #1,305 |
| 1970s | 1,298 | #903 (1976) | #991 |
| 1980s | 1,798 | #795 (1989) | #903 |
| 1990s | 3,105 | #640 (1994) | #698 |
| 2000s | 3,122 | #633 (2003) | #834 |
| 2010s | 1,941 | #1,120 (2011) | #1,238 |
| 2020s | 1,040 | #1,241 (2020) | #1,316 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rebeca in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 11,213 of them was named Rebeca, which outranked 92.2% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,001Gail154
- #1,001Jeana154
- #1,001Tiera154
- #1,005Rebeca153
- #1,005Carey153
- #1,005Christiana153
- #1,005Danae153
- #1,012Graciela152
- #1,013Brook151
- #1,013Jaqueline151
Tied with 6 names at #1,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 368,303 of them was named Rebeca, which outranked 14.2% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,109 names at #6,721; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.