Rebecca

Where Rebecca comes from

The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Rebecca
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #92 among girls — 236 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1972
    Rebecca Romijn born
    American actress and model
  3. 1974
    Peak, #10
    15,163 babies named Rebecca — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1983
    Rebecca Ferguson born
    Swedish actress
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #38.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], in regular use since the Reformation.
Namesakes
  • Rebecca Romijn · American actress and model, born 1972
  • Rebecca Ferguson · Swedish actress, born 1983
  • Rebecca Hall · English actress and filmmaker, born 1982
  • Rebecca West · British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist, 1892–1983
  • Rebecca De Mornay · American actress, born 1959

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.