Rebekah

Where Rebekah comes from

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Rebekah
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #754 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Rebekah Brooks born
    English journalist
  3. 1982
    Peak, #143
    2,059 babies named Rebekah — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1993
    Rebekah Stott born
    New Zealand football player
  5. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #352.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, a less-common variant of Rebecca.
Namesakes
  • Rebekah Brooks · English journalist, born 1968
  • Rebekah Stott · New Zealand football player, born 1993
  • Rebekah Johnson · American actress, born 1976
  • Rebekah Del Rio · American musician, 1967–2025
  • Rebekah A. Mercer · American political donor, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.