Rabecca — girls' name
869 babies named Rabecca in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Rabecca was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Rabecca in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rabecca
The Social Security Administration has registered 869 babies named Rabecca between 1955 and 2016, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rabecca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rabecca performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 278 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rabecca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rabecca in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rabecca in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 869 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rabecca at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rabecca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1955
- Peak year (1996)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
869 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 37 births in a single year.
Rabecca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 278 births that decade — 32% of Rabecca's all-time total
Rabecca decade highlights
- Peak decade 278 births
- Runner-up 222 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rabecca's strongest decade
278 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Rabecca by state
Where Rabecca concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 43 | 4.9% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 13 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
43 of 869 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.5% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.