Rebecca

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Rebecca or Rebekah is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the name of the biblical figure Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.

From Wikipedia

Rebecca first appears in the data in 1966 and has been recorded in 47 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1982 with 1,540 babies (rank #1 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rebecca

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rebecca yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

33,300
Total babies (all years)
47
Years in the data
1,540
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196681#99
1967116#87
1968193#66
1969305#45
1970433#31
1971594#20
1972813#9
1973882#7
1974942#5
1975986#5
19761,207#2
19771,340#1
19781,362#1
19791,237#1
19801,429#1
19811,537#1
19821,540#1
19831,448#1
19841,434#2
19851,320#3
19861,252#3
19871,200#3
19881,146#4
19891,131#4
19901,036#5
19911,044#3
19921,080#3
1993947#4
1994839#4
1995694#7
1996541#11
1997571#11
1998495#13
1999397#20
2000350#24
2001285#32
2002243#43
2003198#53
2004165#68
2005147#77
200681#98
200795#82
200884#94
20149#192
20155#326
201662#155
20174#380