Rebekah

Girl name

Rebekah has been given to 75,915 babies in the U.S. since 1883. It peaked in 1996 and currently ranks #884 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

75,915

Peak year

1996 (2,222 babies)

Rank in 2025

#884 for girls

First recorded

1883

10-year trend

▼ -50%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Rebekah.

74,343 babies since 1912

77,759 babies since 1905

73,428 babies since 1946

82,440 babies since 1965

82,650 babies since 1880

67,045 babies since 1917

66,626 babies since 1951

64,583 babies since 1968

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