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Rebecca

Pronounced /ɹɪˈbɛkə/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1989 · #1150
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:910 in 2024 (#341)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Rebecca in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1989 with 85 babies, ranked #1150.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1909.
  • 2,115 boys have been named Rebecca since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Rebecca per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 76 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 121 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 389 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 741 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 665 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 116 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

  • A female given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], in regular use since the Reformation.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ɹɪˈbɛkə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Rebecca, CC BY-SA 4.0.