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

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Peak · girls
2003 · 422 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,193
since 1888

Rebeca over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rebeca has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #633, 2003girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,339166
2024#1,264184
2023#1,292177
2022#1,288184
2021#1,469146
2020#1,241183
2019#1,340170
2018#1,292176
2017#1,379167
2016#1,164216
2015#1,326179
2014#1,270189
2013#1,152208
2012#1,136216
2011#1,120219
2010#1,205201
2009#945282
2008#1,022256
2007#957284
2006#851315
2005#796326
2004#735359
2003#633422
2002#875261
2001#815288
2000#707329
1999#708320
1998#708313
1997#740288
1996#715295
1995#684311
1994#640340
1993#654340
1992#711302
1991#695307
1990#722289
1989#795239
1988#797232
1987#966164
1986#1,005153#6,7215
1985#919172
1984#1,040136
1983#910165
1982#890172
1981#816195
1980#893170
1979#923159
1978#936151
1977#995136
1976#903146
1975#1,007120
1974#979125
1973#943128
1972#972124
1971#1,047115
1970#1,20194
1969#1,17690
1968#1,27974
1967#1,28171
1966#1,23276
1965#1,35066
1964#1,38366
1963#1,24178
1962#1,37665
1961#1,43560
1960#1,30171
1959#1,46654
1958#1,63043
1957#1,62844
1956#1,69339
1955#1,64139
1954#1,70236
1953#1,62237
1952#1,74632
1951#1,45042
1950#1,87126
1949#2,06922
1948#2,00823
1947#1,99324
1946#2,15319
1945#1,99318
1944#2,02718
1943#2,15117
1942#1,70624
1941#1,75021
1940#1,90018
1939#1,58523
1938#2,44712
1937#2,73510
1936#1,69120
1935#1,91717
1934#1,83418
1933#1,60622
1932#1,34630
1931#1,39428
1930#1,32033
1929#1,28234
1928#1,21040
1927#1,72824
1926#1,62326
1925#1,64726
1924#1,72325
1923#1,94420
1922#1,83622
1921#2,12018
1920#2,46314
1919#1,80121
1918#2,51913
1917#2,31614
1916#2,49812
1915
1914#2,6388
1913#2,1649
1912
1911
1910#1,9357
1909
1908#1,4399
1907
1906
1905#1,9315
1904#1,6596
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
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1894
1893
1892
1891#1,3325
1890
1889
1888#1,2765
1887
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1880
First appearance
1888

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.

Where Rebeca is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNHWashington: #692 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,157 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMNIllinois: #596 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,561 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedWIMichigan: #746 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,710 girlsMINew York: #959 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 8,501 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedINOhio: #927 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,025 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #843 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,781 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #386 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 2,235 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedUTColorado: #594 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,165 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedWVVirginia: #787 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,379 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #750 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,642 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedHITexas: #434 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 2,784 girlsTXFlorida: #472 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,320 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#386 · 1 in 2,235
  2. Texas#434 · 1 in 2,784
  3. Florida#472 · 1 in 3,320
  4. Colorado#594 · 1 in 4,165
  5. Illinois#596 · 1 in 4,561

Best ever in a state: #188 in District of Columbia, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#3861171 in 2,235
Texas#434491 in 2,784
Florida#472231 in 3,320
Colorado#59451 in 4,165
Illinois#596171 in 4,561
Washington#69261 in 5,157
Michigan#74691 in 6,710
North Carolina#75061 in 6,642
Virginia#78751 in 7,379
New Jersey#84361 in 7,781
Ohio#92771 in 10,025
New York#959141 in 8,501
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rebeca
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
115 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 2003 at #633 (422 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1987–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,330
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 22.0% of all girls named Rebeca (3,122) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s5#1,332 (1891)#1,332
1900s20#1,439 (1908)#1,676
1910s84#1,801 (1919)#2,267
1920s249#1,210 (1928)#1,758
1930s213#1,320 (1930)#1,788
1940s204#1,706 (1942)#1,975
1950s392#1,450 (1951)#1,645
1960s717#1,176 (1969)#1,305
1970s1,298#903 (1976)#991
1980s1,798#795 (1989)#903
1990s3,105#640 (1994)#698
2000s3,122#633 (2003)#834
2010s1,941#1,120 (2011)#1,238
2020s1,040#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 1991

girls
#695
307 births · 1 in 6,108 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #695Rebeca307
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 6,108 of them was named Rebeca, which outranked 95.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rebeca
  1. #692Christin308
  2. #692Iliana308
  3. #692Jeannette308
  4. #695Rebeca307
  5. #696Beatrice306
  6. #696Lorraine306
  7. #696Nadine306
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991