Girls' name · since 1979
Rebekan
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Rebekan, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rebekan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 30 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Rebekan recorded 30 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1987.
- #41,056 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rebekan ranks #41,056 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rebekan's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rebekan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rebekan's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rebekan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1987
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Rebekan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (23 births, 77% of the file).
1980s was Rebekan's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Rebekan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rebekan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1979–1987 (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 Rebekan 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.