Rebecca
Girl nameRebecca has been given to 758,106 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1981 and currently ranks #350 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ɹɪˈbɛkə/
The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
Origin: the Bible < Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
758,106
Peak year
1981 (16,801 babies)
Rank in 2025
#350 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -50%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Rebecca
Rebecca Romijn
American actress and model (born 1972)
Pocahontas
American native woman
Rebecca Hall
English actress and filmmaker (born 1982)
Rebecca West
British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Rebecca.
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