Rebekka — girls' name
2,061 babies named Rebekka in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Rebekka was born in this single decade.
93 babies were named Rebekka in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rebekka
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,061 babies named Rebekka between 1966 and 2023, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rebekka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 93 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rebekka performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 733 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rebekka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 156 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Rebekka in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rebekka 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 2,061 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.
Rebekka at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rebekka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1966
- Peak year (1997)
- 93
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,061 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 93 births in a single year.
Rebekka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 733 births that decade — 36% of Rebekka's all-time total
Rebekka decade highlights
- Peak decade 733 births
- Runner-up 546 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rebekka's strongest decade
733 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Rebekka by state
Where Rebekka concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 156 | 7.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 91 | 4.4% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 45 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 22 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 20 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 18 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 13 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 12 | 0.6% |
156 of 2,061 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.6% of nationwide
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.2% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rebekka appears in 11 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, 1966–2023 (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.