Rebecka — girls' name
3,313 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.
30% of everyone ever named Rebecka was born in this single decade.
121 babies were named Rebecka in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rebecka
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,313 babies named Rebecka between 1947 and 2023, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rebecka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 121 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rebecka performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,010 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rebecka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 344 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Rebecka in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rebecka 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 3,313 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.
Rebecka at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rebecka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1947
- Peak year (1993)
- 121
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
3,313 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 121 births in a single year.
Rebecka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,010 births that decade — 30% of Rebecka's all-time total
Rebecka decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,010 births
- Runner-up 710 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rebecka's strongest decade
1,010 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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 3,313 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.4% of nationwide
- Texas 4.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.9% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rebecka appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1947–2023 (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.