Rebeca — #1266 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rebeca

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,025 babies named Rebeca between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rebeca currently holds the #1266 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 422 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rebeca performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rebeca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,761 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rebeca in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rebeca 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 14,025 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.