Rebekah Girl
How popular is Rebekah?
#884 girl name in 2025
302 baby girls were named Rebekah in the US in 2025, making it the 884th most popular girl name.
Rebekah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #884 for girls (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 302 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #518 in 2015, #772 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1996 (2,222 girls) |
| Highest rank | #143 in 1982 |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rebekah 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.
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 Rebekah is most popular
Babies named Rebekah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.5 per 1,000 (120 girls)
- Kansas: 0.5 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Montana: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Missouri: 0.4 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (27 girls)
Rebekah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #754 |
| 1890s | 55 | #1,061 |
| 1900s | 32 | #1,416 |
| 1910s | 183 | #1,308 |
| 1920s | 191 | #1,608 |
| 1930s | 222 | #1,442 |
| 1940s | 616 | #902 |
| 1950s | 1,822 | #651 |
| 1960s | 2,401 | #532 |
| 1970s | 9,654 | #178 |
| 1980s | 18,319 | #143 |
| 1990s | 20,927 | #145 |
| 2000s | 13,551 | #173 |
| 2010s | 5,969 | #404 |
| 2020s | 1,836 | #772 |
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Questions
- Is Rebekah a boy or girl name?
- Rebekah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rebekah were girls.
- How popular is the name Rebekah?
- 302 baby girls were named Rebekah in the US in 2025, making it the 884th most popular girl name.
- When was Rebekah most popular?
- Rebekah peaked in 1996, when 2,222 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #143 in 1982.
- How many people are named Rebekah?
- 75,915 babies have been named Rebekah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 72,961 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Rebekah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rebekah was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.5 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.