Rebekah — #875 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rebekah

The Social Security Administration has registered 75,482 babies named Rebekah between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rebekah currently holds the #875 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 2,222 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rebekah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20,926 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rebekah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,006 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rebekah in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rebekah 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 75,482 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.