Rebeccah
Rebeccah was last recorded in 2017, when 6 babies were given it; 1,571 Americans have been recorded with it between 1951 and 2017 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,500 Americans named Rebeccah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 32 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rebeccah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rebeccah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rebeccah is “a female given name.”
Variant of Rebecca, Rebekah, etc.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rebeccah?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,523, in 2017; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
186 babies in 1991, the peak
Rebeccah peaked in 1991, when 186 girls were given it, #1,001 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #15,523 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,535 | 2.8 |
| 2014 | 5 | #18,617 | 2.8 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,275 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,634 | 3.9 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,881 | 3.8 |
| 2008 | 9 | #12,374 | 4.8 |
| 2007 | 16 | #8,015 | 8.3 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,380 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,609 | 4.9 |
Every recorded year (64)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 16 | #7,314 | 8.7 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,902 | 7.7 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,588 | 15.0 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,133 | 12.8 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,262 | 16.0 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,165 | 11.8 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,622 | 18.7 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,423 | 19.5 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,279 | 14.3 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,853 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,398 | 30.2 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,511 | 27.6 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,866 | 41.2 |
| 1991 | 186 | #1,001 | 99.2 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,627 | 23.7 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,849 | 21.2 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,658 | 14.6 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,896 | 19.6 |
| 1986 | 31 | #3,030 | 18.1 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,635 | 21.5 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,123 | 16.6 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,503 | 22.1 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,684 | 20.7 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,520 | 22.8 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,690 | 21.1 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,333 | 25.5 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,378 | 24.8 |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,413 | 24.1 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,780 | 19.1 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,551 | 21.3 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,892 | 17.0 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,208 | 14.4 |
| 1972 | 15 | #4,037 | 9.9 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,617 | 10.8 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,404 | 10.9 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,655 | 6.5 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,415 | 9.8 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,440 | 9.1 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,166 | 4.7 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,506 | 7.9 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,566 | 5.3 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,748 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 18 | #3,010 | 9.2 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,563 | 6.9 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,870 | 5.9 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,219 | 7.4 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,197 | 7.5 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,818 | 2.4 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,647 | 6.0 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,194 | 7.2 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,205 | 4.6 |
| 1953 | 14 | #3,063 | 7.4 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,423 | 3.2 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,283 | 3.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rebeccah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rebeccah has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 64 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rebeccah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rebeccah, and how old are they?
1,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 1,571 Americans ever recorded as Rebeccah. The median Rebeccah alive today is 37 years old; half are between 32 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 1,513 people named Rebeccah (1,512 women and girls, 1 man or boy). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,516 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 129 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 348 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 749 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 247 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 23 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 857,661 babies since 1880, Rebeccah is the seventh most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 1,346 babies recorded by SSA was a Rebeccah (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rebeccah
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rebeccah and names like it
- Compare Rebeccah and RebeccaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sRebeccah peaked in 1991.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rebeccah since 1910.
- The top names of 1991The year the most babies were named Rebeccah.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Rebeccah alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.