Rebeca
Rebeca is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 183 births. Its best rank was 634th, in 2003.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1830.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2003422 births
- Best rank
- #634in 2003
- Since 1888
- 14,025people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,025 girls have been named Rebeca in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 422 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 2000s alone account for 22%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Rebeca | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 84 | |
| 1920s | 249 | |
| 1930s | 213 | |
| 1940s | 204 | |
| 1950s | 392 | |
| 1960s | 717 | |
| 1970s | 1,298 | |
| 1980s | 1,798 | |
| 1990s | 3,105 | |
| 2000s | 3,121 | |
| 2010s | 1,941 | |
| 2020s | 873 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Rebeca was the 634th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2003 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Hannah and Olivia. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Rebeca
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anapeak 1991
- Marcelapeak 1999
- Anamariapeak 2001
- Sarinapeak 1996
- Simonepeak 1988
- Mollypeak 1991
- Annalisapeak 2005
- Nohemipeak 1994
Other spellings in the data
- Rebecca757,198 ever
- Rebekah75,482 ever
- Rebecka3,313 ever
- Rebeka2,647 ever
- Rebbecca2,315 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.