Rebeca Girl

How popular is Rebeca?

#1,339 girl name in 2025

166 baby girls were named Rebeca in the US in 2025, making it the 1339th most popular girl name.

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13,255living people named Rebeca (est.)
28median age of people named Rebeca
14,198babies named Rebeca since 1880
1 in 19,972US babies born in 2025

Rebeca popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,339 for girls (▼ 75 from 2024)
Babies in 2025166 girls
10-year trendSteady (-7% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,326 in 2015, #1,241 in 2020
Peak year2003 (422 girls)
Highest rank#633 in 2003
First recorded1888
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Rebeca counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rebecca family of names ranked #247 for girls in 2025 (#236 the year before), with 1,359 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Rebecca 872 64%
Rebekah 302 22%
Rebeca 166 12%
Rebeka 13 1%
Rebecka 6 0%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Rebeca is most popular

Babies named Rebeca per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (203 girls)
  2. Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (34 girls)
  3. Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
  4. Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 girls)
  5. Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (66 girls)

Rebeca by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1880s5#1,276
1890s5#1,332
1900s20#1,439
1910s84#1,801
1920s249#1,209
1930s213#1,320
1940s204#1,705
1950s392#1,449
1960s717#1,176
1970s1,298#903
1980s1,798#793
1990s3,105#640
2000s3,122#633
2010s1,941#1,120
2020s1,040#1,241

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Questions

Is Rebeca a boy or girl name?
Rebeca is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rebeca were girls.
How popular is the name Rebeca?
166 baby girls were named Rebeca in the US in 2025, making it the 1339th most popular girl name.
When was Rebeca most popular?
Rebeca peaked in 2003, when 422 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #633 in 2003.
How many people are named Rebeca?
14,198 babies have been named Rebeca in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,255 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
Where is Rebeca most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Rebeca was most common in Texas, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.