Rebekah

Where Rebekah comes from

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Rebekah
  • Hebrew
Rebekah through the years
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #754 among girls with 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, its best rank.
  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.