Rebekah

#884 for girls in 2025, 302 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1982 · 2,059 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
75,796
since 1883

Rebekah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rebekah has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #143, 1982girls
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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#884302
2024#875308
2023#1,001254
2022#937289
2021#834331
2020#772352
2019#715399
2018#700415
2017#602501
2016#584527
2015#518606
2014#496628
2013#459664
2012#438714
2011#434720
2010#404795
2009#362891
2008#352947
2007#3081,107
2006#2671,227
2005#2531,282
2004#2351,389#11,3565
2003#2171,503
2002#2101,571
2001#1881,738
2000#1731,896
1999#1562,067
1998#1552,030
1997#1512,057
1996#1462,222
1995#1562,071
1994#1522,159
1993#1482,108
1992#1452,106
1991#1472,063
1990#1492,044#6,4157
1989#1541,869#4,27112
1988#1681,696#7,2705
1987#1611,732#4,9688
1986#1531,835#4,8538
1985#1581,791#5,7856
1984#1571,803#3,70111
1983#1521,899#4,9077
1982#1432,059#4,5938
1981#1491,906#4,5098
1980#1621,729#3,83810
1979#1781,519
1978#1931,343#3,40011
1977#2001,329
1976#2071,187#4,9356
1975#2271,071
1974#2501,023#4,1907
1973#305763
1972#389539
1971#419505
1970#518375
1969#532344
1968#580273
1967#559285
1966#588258
1965#632239
1964#703217
1963#743191
1962#707213
1961#761187
1960#727194
1959#704202
1958#701197
1957#690208
1956#661210
1955#658202
1954#655197
1953#652189
1952#674173
1951#722146
1950#89598
1949#90396
1948#95583
1947#94288
1946#1,02368
1945#1,06054
1944#1,23641
1943#1,21244
1942#1,27839
1941#92463
1940#1,15040
1939#1,51425
1938#1,47526
1937#1,67921
1936#1,48025
1935#1,48325
1934#1,55623
1933#1,44226
1932#1,68521
1931#2,42712
1930#1,93418
1929#2,43713
1928#2,28415
1927#2,16917
1926#1,99719
1925#1,60927
1924#2,13718
1923#1,94420
1922#1,68225
1921#2,12018
1920#2,01519
1919#1,60425
1918#1,33333
1917#1,84719
1916#1,73920
1915#1,36727
1914#1,54118
1913#1,30819
1912#2,3607
1911#1,6569
1910#2,1406
1909
1908#2,1015
1907#1,6397
1906#1,4168
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,4387
1901#1,6795
1900
1899#1,1818
1898#1,5026
1897
1896#1,4166
1895#1,2997
1894#1,0619
1893#1,4375
1892#1,0858
1891#1,2136
1890
1889
1888
1887#1,1475
1886
1885
1884#9306
1883#7547
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Rebekah! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rebekah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#875#884)
  • 112 spots since 2020 (#772#884)
  • 366 spots since 2015 (#518#884)
  • Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1941 (#1,150#924)
  • Biggest drop: 354 spots in 1942 (#924#1,278)
Rise & fade · girls
99 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1982 at #143 (2,059 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1947–2022
Share of babies · girls
1 in 789
  • Highest: 1 in 789 girls born in 1996 were named Rebekah (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,322 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #143 in 1982, was only 1 in 822 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 27.6% of all girls named Rebekah (20,927) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#754 (1883)#944
1890s55#1,061 (1894)#1,274
1900s32#1,416 (1906)#1,655
1910s183#1,308 (1913)#1,690
1920s191#1,609 (1925)#2,039
1930s222#1,442 (1933)#1,668
1940s616#903 (1949)#1,068
1950s1,822#652 (1953)#701
1960s2,401#532 (1969)#653
1970s9,654#178 (1979)#289
1980s18,319#143 (1982)#156
1990s20,927#145 (1992)#151
2000s13,551#173 (2000)#257
2010s5,969#404 (2010)#535
2020s1,836#772 (2020)#884

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.

Rebekah in 1985

girls
#158
1,791 births · 1 in 961 girls
boys
#5,785
6 births · 1 in 308,035 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #158Rebekah1,791

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #5,785Rebekah6
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 961 of them was named Rebekah, which outranked 98.7% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rebekah
  1. #155Carolyn1,837
  2. #156Deanna1,817
  3. #157Jenny1,812
  4. #158Rebekah1,791
  5. #158Lori1,791
  6. #160Ebony1,787
  7. #161Angel1,781
  8. #161Wendy1,781

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 308,035 of them was named Rebekah, which outranked 23.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rebekah
  1. #5,147Zerrick7
  2. #5,147Zubin7
  3. #5,147Zvi7
  4. #5,785Rebekah6
  5. #5,785Aadil6
  6. #5,785Aarion6
  7. #5,785Abdel6
  8. #6,523Aamil5
  9. #6,523Aarik5
  10. #6,523Abayomi5

Tied with 737 names at #5,785; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985