Girls' name · since 1951
Rebeccah
1,571 babies named Rebeccah in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,571
- born since 1951
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rebeccah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,571 have been recorded since 1951.
Rebeccah has 1,571 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2017.
- #5,531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,571 born since 1951
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rebeccah ranks #5,531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,571 born since 1951, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,571
- born since 1951
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rebeccah's 1,571 recorded births place it above 92.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Rebeccah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rebeccah splits its recorded history at 1983: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 186 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rebeccah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2017
- Peak year (1991)
- 186
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Rebeccah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (552 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Rebeccah's strongest decade.
552 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Rebeccah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 96
1950s
96 births
- 1960s 125
1960s
125 births
- 1970s
1970s
273 births
- 1980s
1980s
340 births
- 1990s
1990s
552 births
- 2000s 155
2000s
155 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 552 births (35% of all-time use).
How Rebeccah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rebeccah's total volume
Rebeccah by state
Where Rebeccah concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 76 | 4.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 35 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 7 | 0.4% |
76 of 1,571 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Rebeccah appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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- Rebeccah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (552 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rebeccahs (76 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rebeccah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rebeccah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.