Rebekah

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Rebekah first appears in the data in 1981 and has been recorded in 16 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 210 babies (rank #54 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rebekah

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,162

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

210

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In The Vampire Diaries: Rebekah Mikaelson — the Original sister

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1981	44	#109
1985	42	#110
1987	43	#104
1989	44	#108
1990	48	#108
1991	168	#71
1992	210	#54
1993	197	#63
1994	148	#89
1995	60	#102
1996	59	#107
1997	46	#118
1998	46	#109
2015	3	#521
2016	3	#502
2017	1	#2,330