Rebbecca
Rebbecca is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197574 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1907
- 2,315people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,315 girls have been named Rebbecca in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 74 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 74 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1970s alone account for 24%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Rebbecca | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 69 | |
| 1930s | 24 | |
| 1940s | 97 | |
| 1950s | 378 | |
| 1960s | 381 | |
| 1970s | 546 | |
| 1980s | 455 | |
| 1990s | 271 | |
| 2000s | 89 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Rebbecca was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Rebbecca
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosalvapeak 1975
- Davidapeak 1972
- Robynpeak 1964
- Hollypeak 1983
- Criseldapeak 1974
- Kandiepeak 1970
- Bobbipeak 1971
- Nickiepeak 1972
Other spellings in the data
- Rebecca757,198 ever
- Rebekah75,482 ever
- Rebeca14,025 ever
- Rebecka3,313 ever
- Rebeka2,647 ever
- Rebekka2,061 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.