Rebekah
#884 for girls in 2025, 302 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 2,059 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 75,796since 1883
Rebekah over time
Rank among girls' names. Rebekah has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #884 | 302 | — | |
| 2024 | #875 | 308 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,001 | 254 | — | |
| 2022 | #937 | 289 | — | |
| 2021 | #834 | 331 | — | |
| 2020 | #772 | 352 | — | |
| 2019 | #715 | 399 | — | |
| 2018 | #700 | 415 | — | |
| 2017 | #602 | 501 | — | |
| 2016 | #584 | 527 | — | |
| 2015 | #518 | 606 | — | |
| 2014 | #496 | 628 | — | |
| 2013 | #459 | 664 | — | |
| 2012 | #438 | 714 | — | |
| 2011 | #434 | 720 | — | |
| 2010 | #404 | 795 | — | |
| 2009 | #362 | 891 | — | |
| 2008 | #352 | 947 | — | |
| 2007 | #308 | 1,107 | — | |
| 2006 | #267 | 1,227 | — | |
| 2005 | #253 | 1,282 | — | |
| 2004 | #235 | 1,389 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #217 | 1,503 | — | |
| 2002 | #210 | 1,571 | — | |
| 2001 | #188 | 1,738 | — | |
| 2000 | #173 | 1,896 | — | |
| 1999 | #156 | 2,067 | — | |
| 1998 | #155 | 2,030 | — | |
| 1997 | #151 | 2,057 | — | |
| 1996 | #146 | 2,222 | — | |
| 1995 | #156 | 2,071 | — | |
| 1994 | #152 | 2,159 | — | |
| 1993 | #148 | 2,108 | — | |
| 1992 | #145 | 2,106 | — | |
| 1991 | #147 | 2,063 | — | |
| 1990 | #149 | 2,044 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #154 | 1,869 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #168 | 1,696 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #161 | 1,732 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #153 | 1,835 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #158 | 1,791 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #157 | 1,803 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #152 | 1,899 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #143 | 2,059 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #149 | 1,906 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #162 | 1,729 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #178 | 1,519 | — | |
| 1978 | #193 | 1,343 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #200 | 1,329 | — | |
| 1976 | #207 | 1,187 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #227 | 1,071 | — | |
| 1974 | #250 | 1,023 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #305 | 763 | — | |
| 1972 | #389 | 539 | — | |
| 1971 | #419 | 505 | — | |
| 1970 | #518 | 375 | — | |
| 1969 | #532 | 344 | — | |
| 1968 | #580 | 273 | — | |
| 1967 | #559 | 285 | — | |
| 1966 | #588 | 258 | — | |
| 1965 | #632 | 239 | — | |
| 1964 | #703 | 217 | — | |
| 1963 | #743 | 191 | — | |
| 1962 | #707 | 213 | — | |
| 1961 | #761 | 187 | — | |
| 1960 | #727 | 194 | — | |
| 1959 | #704 | 202 | — | |
| 1958 | #701 | 197 | — | |
| 1957 | #690 | 208 | — | |
| 1956 | #661 | 210 | — | |
| 1955 | #658 | 202 | — | |
| 1954 | #655 | 197 | — | |
| 1953 | #652 | 189 | — | |
| 1952 | #674 | 173 | — | |
| 1951 | #722 | 146 | — | |
| 1950 | #895 | 98 | — | |
| 1949 | #903 | 96 | — | |
| 1948 | #955 | 83 | — | |
| 1947 | #942 | 88 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,023 | 68 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,236 | 41 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 | — | |
| 1941 | #924 | 63 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Rebekah! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rebekah is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#451 · 1 in 4,434
- Tennessee#504 · 1 in 5,173
- Ohio#513 · 1 in 6,515
- Mississippi#543 · 1 in 4,964
- Georgia#572 · 1 in 6,364
Best ever in a state: #51 in Alaska, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #451 | 11 | 1 in 4,434 |
| Tennessee | #504 | 7 | 1 in 5,173 |
| Ohio | #513 | 16 | 1 in 6,515 |
| Mississippi | #543 | 5 | 1 in 4,964 |
| Georgia | #572 | 7 | 1 in 6,364 |
| Indiana | #603 | 6 | 1 in 8,318 |
| Pennsylvania | #689 | 9 | 1 in 12,339 |
| California | #697 | 22 | 1 in 7,960 |
| Texas | #841 | 11 | 1 in 10,160 |
| New York | #881 | 11 | 1 in 15,270 |
| Michigan | #900 | 5 | 1 in 17,375 |
| Illinois | #903 | 7 | 1 in 15,232 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Rebekah
- 9 spots since 2024 (#875 → #884)
- 112 spots since 2020 (#772 → #884)
- 366 spots since 2015 (#518 → #884)
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1941 (#1,150 → #924)
- Biggest drop: 354 spots in 1942 (#924 → #1,278)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1982 at #143 (2,059 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1947–2022
- Highest: 1 in 789 girls born in 1996 were named Rebekah (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,322 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #143 in 1982, was only 1 in 822 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.6% of all girls named Rebekah (20,927) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #754 (1883) | #944 |
| 1890s | 55 | #1,061 (1894) | #1,274 |
| 1900s | 32 | #1,416 (1906) | #1,655 |
| 1910s | 183 | #1,308 (1913) | #1,690 |
| 1920s | 191 | #1,609 (1925) | #2,039 |
| 1930s | 222 | #1,442 (1933) | #1,668 |
| 1940s | 616 | #903 (1949) | #1,068 |
| 1950s | 1,822 | #652 (1953) | #701 |
| 1960s | 2,401 | #532 (1969) | #653 |
| 1970s | 9,654 | #178 (1979) | #289 |
| 1980s | 18,319 | #143 (1982) | #156 |
| 1990s | 20,927 | #145 (1992) | #151 |
| 2000s | 13,551 | #173 (2000) | #257 |
| 2010s | 5,969 | #404 (2010) | #535 |
| 2020s | 1,836 | #772 (2020) | #884 |
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.
Rebekah in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 10,794 of them was named Rebekah, which outranked 89.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #758Dottie188
- #758Karon188
- #758Vikki188
- #761Rebekah187
- #761Althea187
- #761Chandra187
- #761Cristina187
- #768Myrtle186
- #769Cathie185
- #769Cyndi185
Tied with 6 names at #761; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.