Girls' name · since 1947
Rebecka
3,319 babies named Rebecka in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,409 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,319
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rebecka is the #13409 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,319 recorded since 1947.
Rebecka has 3,319 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13409 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, 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 1947 to 2025.
- #3,374 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,409 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,319 born since 1947
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rebecka ranks #3,374 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,409 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,319 born since 1947, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,409 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,319
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rebecka's 3,319 recorded births place it above 95.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Rebecka compares
3,319 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rebecka's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rebecka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,319 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 121 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rebecka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rebecka's full recorded timeline at 1986, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 121 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rebecka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 121
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Rebecka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,010 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Rebecka's strongest decade.
1,010 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Rebecka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 120
1950s
120 births
- 1960s 206
1960s
206 births
- 1970s
1970s
547 births
- 1980s
1980s
710 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,010 births
- 2000s
2000s
515 births
- 2010s 172
2010s
172 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,010 births (30% of all-time use).
How Rebecka 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 Rebecka's total volume
Rebecka by state
Where Rebecka concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 344 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 157 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 130 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 78 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 53 | 1.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 52 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Washington | | 38 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 16 | 0.5% |
344 of 3,319 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Rebecka appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rebecka's data
- Rebecka's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,010 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rebeckas (344 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 Rebecka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Rebecka 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.