Recorded 1958–2004 Girls' name Peak 1993 214 births

Rebecah — girls' name

214 babies named Rebecah in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s61970s211980s581990s962000s33
1990s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Rebecah was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

13 babies were named Rebecah in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rebecah

The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Rebecah between 1958 and 2004, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rebecah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rebecah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rebecah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rebecah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rebecah 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 214 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.

Rebecah at a glance

Last recorded 2004

Total births

214

Since 1958

47 years of records

Peak year

1993

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2004

Active since

1958

Recorded for 47 years

Last year on file: 2004

Rebecah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1958

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (1993)
13
Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
468101214 2004200019951991198619811958 6

Rebecah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
96 births that decade — 45% of Rebecah's all-time total
1950s61970s211980s581990s962000s33

Rebecah by state

Where Rebecah concentrates geographically — total births since 1958

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Rebecah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.3%
California share of Rebecah's total US births 2.3%

5 of 214 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rebecah?
214 babies have been named Rebecah since 1958. It was last recorded in 2004. The peak year was 1993 with 13 births.
When was Rebecah most popular?
Rebecah was most popular in the 1990s decade with 96 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Rebecah most popular?
The top states for the name Rebecah are California (5 births).
How long has the name Rebecah been used?
Rebecah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1958, spanning 47 years of data through 2004.
What names are similar to Rebecah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rebecca, Rebekah, Reba, Rebeca, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1958–2004 (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.