Rebekah
Rebekah was given to 302 girls in 2025, #884 among girls’ names; 75,915 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 72,600 Americans named Rebekah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 25 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rebekah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rebekah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rebekah is “a female given name from Hebrew, a less-common variant of Rebecca.” Its etymology gives the sense “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare” (רִבְקָה).
From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rebekah?
#884 among girls’ names, 2025
Rebekah fell from #519 in 2015 to #884 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.34 to 0.19 per 1,000.
2,222 babies in 1996, the peak
Rebekah peaked in 1996, when 2,222 girls were given it, #146 among girls’ names. The 302 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 302 | #884 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 308 | #877 | 0.19 |
| 2023 | 254 | #1,003 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 289 | #939 | 0.18 |
| 2021 | 331 | #834 | 0.20 |
| 2020 | 352 | #773 | 0.22 |
| 2019 | 399 | #716 | 0.24 |
| 2018 | 415 | #703 | 0.24 |
| 2017 | 501 | #604 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 527 | #584 | 0.30 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 606 | #519 | 0.34 |
| 2014 | 628 | #497 | 0.35 |
| 2013 | 664 | #463 | 0.38 |
| 2012 | 714 | #439 | 0.41 |
| 2011 | 720 | #434 | 0.41 |
| 2010 | 795 | #404 | 0.45 |
| 2009 | 891 | #362 | 0.48 |
| 2008 | 947 | #353 | 0.50 |
| 2007 | 1,107 | #308 | 0.58 |
| 2006 | 1,227 | #267 | 0.65 |
| 2005 | 1,282 | #254 | 0.69 |
| 2004 | 1,389 | #235 | 0.76 |
| 2003 | 1,503 | #217 | 0.82 |
| 2002 | 1,571 | #211 | 0.87 |
| 2001 | 1,738 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,896 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 2,067 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1998 | 2,030 | #155 | 1.1 |
| 1997 | 2,057 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1996 | 2,222 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1995 | 2,071 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 2,159 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1993 | 2,108 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 2,106 | #145 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 2,063 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1990 | 2,044 | #149 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 1,869 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 1,696 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | 1,732 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 1,835 | #153 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 1,791 | #159 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 1,803 | #157 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 1,899 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 2,059 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1981 | 1,906 | #149 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 1,729 | #162 | 1.0 |
| 1979 | 1,519 | #178 | 0.95 |
| 1978 | 1,343 | #193 | 0.88 |
| 1977 | 1,329 | #200 | 0.87 |
| 1976 | 1,187 | #207 | 0.81 |
| 1975 | 1,071 | #227 | 0.73 |
| 1974 | 1,023 | #250 | 0.70 |
| 1973 | 763 | #305 | 0.52 |
| 1972 | 539 | #389 | 0.35 |
| 1971 | 505 | #420 | 0.30 |
| 1970 | 375 | #519 | 0.21 |
| 1969 | 344 | #532 | 0.20 |
| 1968 | 273 | #580 | 0.17 |
| 1967 | 285 | #559 | 0.17 |
| 1966 | 258 | #589 | 0.15 |
| 1965 | 239 | #633 | 0.14 |
| 1964 | 217 | #706 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 191 | #745 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 213 | #707 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 187 | #767 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 194 | #727 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 202 | #705 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 197 | #702 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 208 | #692 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 210 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 202 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 197 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 189 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 173 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 146 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 98 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 96 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 83 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 88 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 68 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,250 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,222 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,297 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 63 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,166 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,536 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,499 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,498 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,598 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,464 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,738 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,548 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 18 | #2,006 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,552 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,359 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,241 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,059 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,637 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 20 | #2,011 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,718 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,182 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,062 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,640 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,354 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,904 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,790 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,593 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,585 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,769 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,357 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,365 | 0.01 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,528 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,568 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,895 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,266 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,657 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,553 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,120 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,615 | 0.02 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1884 | 6 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 7 | #808 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rebekah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rebekah has been given almost only to girls: 119 boys in 132 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rebekah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rebekah, and how old are they?
72,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 75,915 Americans ever recorded as Rebekah. The median Rebekah alive today is 34 years old; half are between 25 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 66,474 people named Rebekah (66,411 women and girls, 63 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 71,621 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 194 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,510 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 12,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 30,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 21,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,540 |
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).
Where are babies named Rebekah born?
The states with the most babies named Rebekah are Texas, Pennsylvania and California, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 35 | #858 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | #384 | 1.0× |
| California | 23 | #1,144 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 19 | #556 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 18 | #908 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 15 | #541 | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 12 | #641 | 1.4× |
| Arizona | 11 | #623 | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 10 | #583 | 1.1× |
| New York | 9 | #1,496 | 0.5× |
Where Rebekah is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rebekah is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rebekah with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 101,961 babies since 1880, Rebekah is the most given (74% of them). In 2025 it was given to 302 of their 487 babies (62%), again the most given.
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 Rebekah
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 Rebekah and names like it
- Compare Rebekah and RebecaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sRebekah peaked in 1996.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rebekah since 1910.
- The top names of 1996The year the most babies were named Rebekah.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Rebekah alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.