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 1945 and has been recorded in 64 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1994 with 201 babies (rank #85 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

4,907
Total babies (all years)
64
Years in the data
201
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
19457#10
195210#467
195315#504
19546#742
19556#770
195615#525
19578#702
195814#567
195917#524
196017#541
196114#606
196213#637
196328#436
196423#483
196530#420
196624#489
196729#437
196831#434
196949#335
197041#369
197174#240
197256#276
197374#219
197492#175
197569#214
197691#176
197790#179
1978115#138
1979149#109
1980125#135
1981111#154
1982104#159
1983123#142
1984104#159
198596#176
1986101#175
198796#175
198878#209
1989127#138
1990133#135
1991185#97
1992160#112
1993185#99
1994201#85
1995179#97
1996147#111
1997126#126
1998126#129
1999159#107
2000104#158
2001111#146
2002103#158
200389#180
200487#177
200573#193
200676#181
200767#200
200875#178
200947#264
201049#239
201138#287
201241#255
201332#290
201442#254