Rebeca

#1,339 for girls in 2025, 166 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2003 · 422 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,193
since 1888

Rebeca over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rebeca has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #633, 2003girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#1,339166—
2024#1,264184—
2023#1,292177—
2022#1,288184—
2021#1,469146—
2020#1,241183—
2019#1,340170—
2018#1,292176—
2017#1,379167—
2016#1,164216—
2015#1,326179—
2014#1,270189—
2013#1,152208—
2012#1,136216—
2011#1,120219—
2010#1,205201—
2009#945282—
2008#1,022256—
2007#957284—
2006#851315—
2005#796326—
2004#735359—
2003#633422—
2002#875261—
2001#815288—
2000#707329—
1999#708320—
1998#708313—
1997#740288—
1996#715295—
1995#684311—
1994#640340—
1993#654340—
1992#711302—
1991#695307—
1990#722289—
1989#795239—
1988#797232—
1987#966164—
1986#1,005153#6,7215
1985#919172—
1984#1,040136—
1983#910165—
1982#890172—
1981#816195—
1980#893170—
1979#923159—
1978#936151—
1977#995136—
1976#903146—
1975#1,007120—
1974#979125—
1973#943128—
1972#972124—
1971#1,047115—
1970#1,20194—
1969#1,17690—
1968#1,27974—
1967#1,28171—
1966#1,23276—
1965#1,35066—
1964#1,38366—
1963#1,24178—
1962#1,37665—
1961#1,43560—
1960#1,30171—
1959#1,46654—
1958#1,63043—
1957#1,62844—
1956#1,69339—
1955#1,64139—
1954#1,70236—
1953#1,62237—
1952#1,74632—
1951#1,45042—
1950#1,87126—
1949#2,06922—
1948#2,00823—
1947#1,99324—
1946#2,15319—
1945#1,99318—
1944#2,02718—
1943#2,15117—
1942#1,70624—
1941#1,75021—
1940#1,90018—
1939#1,58523—
1938#2,44712—
1937#2,73510—
1936#1,69120—
1935#1,91717—
1934#1,83418—
1933#1,60622—
1932#1,34630—
1931#1,39428—
1930#1,32033—
1929#1,28234—
1928#1,21040—
1927#1,72824—
1926#1,62326—
1925#1,64726—
1924#1,72325—
1923#1,94420—
1922#1,83622—
1921#2,12018—
1920#2,46314—
1919#1,80121—
1918#2,51913—
1917#2,31614—
1916#2,49812—
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Rebeca! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Rebeca is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNHWashington: #631 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,128 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMNIllinois: #740 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,710 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMINew York: #650 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,836 girlsNYMassachusetts: #723 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,764 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedRIOregon: #483 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,672 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #846 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,117 girlsPANew Jersey: #553 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,002 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #381 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 2,185 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedUTColorado: #549 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,371 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedVAMaryland: #429 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,807 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedDEArizona: #492 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,705 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedALGeorgia: #992 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,151 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rebeca, so not publishedHITexas: #417 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 2,472 girlsTXFlorida: #478 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,240 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#381 · 1 in 2,185
  2. Texas#417 · 1 in 2,472
  3. Maryland#429 · 1 in 2,807
  4. Florida#478 · 1 in 3,240
  5. Oregon#483 · 1 in 2,672

Best ever in a state: #188 in District of Columbia, 2004.

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StateRankBirthsShare
California#3811111 in 2,185
Texas#417551 in 2,472
Maryland#42991 in 2,807
Florida#478231 in 3,240
Oregon#48361 in 2,672
Arizona#492101 in 2,705
Colorado#54961 in 3,371
New Jersey#553111 in 4,002
Washington#63171 in 4,128
New York#650231 in 4,836
Massachusetts#72351 in 6,764
Illinois#740131 in 5,710
Pennsylvania#84681 in 8,117
Georgia#99251 in 8,151
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rebeca
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 75 spots since 2024 (#1,264 → #1,339)
  • 98 spots since 2020 (#1,241 → #1,339)
  • 13 spots since 2015 (#1,326 → #1,339)
  • Biggest jump: 242 spots in 2003 (#875 → #633)
  • Biggest drop: 260 spots in 2010 (#945 → #1,205)
Rise & fade · girls
115 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 2003 at #633 (422 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1987–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,330
  • Highest: 1 in 4,330 girls born in 2003 were named Rebeca (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,682 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 22.0% of all girls named Rebeca (3,122) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s5#1,332 (1891)#1,332
1900s20#1,439 (1908)#1,676
1910s84#1,801 (1919)#2,267
1920s249#1,210 (1928)#1,758
1930s213#1,320 (1930)#1,788
1940s204#1,706 (1942)#1,975
1950s392#1,450 (1951)#1,645
1960s717#1,176 (1969)#1,305
1970s1,298#903 (1976)#991
1980s1,798#795 (1989)#903
1990s3,105#640 (1994)#698
2000s3,122#633 (2003)#834
2010s1,941#1,120 (2011)#1,238
2020s1,040#1,241 (2020)#1,316

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rebeca in 1994

girls
#640
340 births · 1 in 5,252 girls

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #640Rebeca340
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 5,252 of them was named Rebeca, which outranked 95.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rebeca
  1. #637Hailee343
  2. #638Georgia342
  3. #638Kori342
  4. #640Rebeca340
  5. #640Angie340
  6. #640Thalia340
  7. #643Kerry339
  8. #644Annette337
  9. #645Luz336

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994 →