Meaning not yet researched.
Rebecca: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 872 in 2025. Its best rank was #10 in 1974.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #10 in 1974; #350 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rebecca in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#350 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1974, at #10.
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Rebecca: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 872 girls in 2025. Peak: #10 in 1974 · most girls in one year: 16,737 (1981).
In 2025, 872 US girls were named Rebecca, making it the 350th most common girls’ name of the year, down 10 places from #340 in 2024. That is 46 fewer than the 918 girls named Rebecca in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #10, reached in 1974. The most girls given the name in a single year was 16,737, in 1981. For comparison, it was #189 in 2015 and #36 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rebecca in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 236 babies with the name. In all, 758,106 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 137,818 babies named Rebecca.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,848 US girls were named Rebecca; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,580. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,843 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rebecca ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #192 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rebekah (75,915 babies since 1880), Rebeca (14,198 babies since 1880), Rivka (10,022 babies since 1880) and Rebecka (3,319 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rebeccah, Rebbeca and Rifka are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Becca, Beck, Becky and Reba.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and Italian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rebeccah (1,571), Rebbeca (928), Rifka (736), Rebeckah (652), Rebecah (214), Rebacca (101), Rebecaa (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 60 | #192 | #166 |
| New Jersey | 33 | #251 | #166 |
| New York | 68 | #253 | #118 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #265 | #221 |
| Utah | 17 | #273 | #122 |
| Connecticut | 12 | #278 | #226 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #288 | #489 |
| Virginia | 29 | #297 | #168 |
| Texas | 112 | #307 | #173 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #308 | #232 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #331 | #146 |
| North Carolina | 33 | #343 | #186 |
| Kansas | 10 | #358 | #290 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #359 | #398 |
| Tennessee | 23 | #361 | #249 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #362 | #174 |
| California | 90 | #369 | #183 |
| Iowa | 9 | #379 | #214 |
| Indiana | 18 | #391 | #201 |
| Florida | 47 | #402 | #179 |
| Georgia | 28 | #416 | #225 |
| Nevada | 7 | #419 | #151 |
| Washington | 17 | #428 | #237 |
| Colorado | 13 | #452 | #336 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #454 | #339 |
| Idaho | 5 | #465 | #194 |
| Illinois | 23 | #467 | #196 |
| Ohio | 24 | #469 | #234 |
| Arizona | 15 | #471 | #207 |
| Alabama | 11 | #478 | #166 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #511 | #221 |
| Michigan | 16 | #517 | #208 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #526 | #326 |
| Maryland | 10 | #541 | #210 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #614 | #323 |
| Missouri | 9 | #629 | #207 |
| Oregon | 5 | #709 | #256 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 872 | #350 | — | — |
| 2024 | 918 | #340 | — | — |
| 2023 | 985 | #315 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,075 | #296 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,051 | #304 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,212 | #249 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,263 | #263 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,459 | #211 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,433 | #214 | 7 | #10,534 |
| 2016 | 1,580 | #205 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,728 | #189 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,782 | #181 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,806 | #177 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,019 | #157 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,119 | #148 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2,299 | #134 | — | — |
| 2009 | 2,473 | #132 | 5 | #14,038 |
| 2008 | 2,922 | #118 | 8 | #9,659 |
| 2007 | 3,215 | #105 | 5 | #13,946 |
| 2006 | 3,573 | #96 | 6 | #11,733 |
| 2005 | 4,018 | #81 | 9 | #8,157 |
| 2004 | 4,474 | #70 | 22 | #4,103 |
| 2003 | 4,873 | #63 | 6 | #10,573 |
| 2002 | 5,222 | #54 | 8 | #8,275 |
| 2001 | 5,893 | #46 | 7 | #9,017 |
| 2000 | 7,078 | #39 | 8 | #8,036 |
| 1999 | 7,437 | #38 | 11 | #5,960 |
| 1998 | 8,423 | #30 | 11 | #5,753 |
| 1997 | 9,634 | #25 | 10 | #5,998 |
| 1996 | 10,626 | #24 | 12 | #5,118 |
| 1995 | 9,911 | #28 | 14 | #4,454 |
| 1994 | 11,284 | #24 | 16 | #4,050 |
| 1993 | 12,321 | #22 | 20 | #3,342 |
| 1992 | 13,110 | #20 | 20 | #3,312 |
| 1991 | 13,298 | #21 | 32 | #2,284 |
| 1990 | 13,677 | #21 | 40 | #1,933 |
| 1989 | 12,436 | #24 | 85 | #1,153 |
| 1988 | 11,877 | #26 | 39 | #1,787 |
| 1987 | 11,627 | #25 | 46 | #1,553 |
| 1986 | 11,793 | #26 | 56 | #1,316 |
| 1985 | 12,705 | #25 | 52 | #1,347 |
| 1984 | 13,348 | #23 | 45 | #1,439 |
| 1983 | 14,714 | #19 | 59 | #1,187 |
| 1982 | 15,730 | #15 | 64 | #1,145 |
| 1981 | 16,737 | #12 | 64 | #1,151 |
| 1980 | 15,281 | #17 | 48 | #1,373 |
| 1979 | 14,548 | #17 | 52 | #1,285 |
| 1978 | 13,796 | #17 | 56 | #1,198 |
| 1977 | 14,196 | #17 | 58 | #1,155 |
| 1976 | 14,491 | #12 | 53 | #1,188 |
| 1975 | 13,925 | #11 | 70 | #983 |
| 1974 | 15,163 | #10 | 49 | #1,191 |
| 1973 | 14,868 | #10 | 56 | #1,089 |
| 1972 | 13,252 | #14 | 64 | #1,012 |
| 1971 | 12,192 | #23 | 46 | #1,231 |
| 1970 | 10,854 | #29 | 29 | #1,604 |
| 1969 | 10,950 | #28 | 38 | #1,295 |
| 1968 | 10,225 | #33 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1967 | 9,823 | #39 | 30 | #1,405 |
| 1966 | 9,777 | #40 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1965 | 10,211 | #41 | 27 | #1,508 |
| 1964 | 9,474 | #46 | 23 | #1,686 |
| 1963 | 9,393 | #44 | 29 | #1,478 |
| 1962 | 9,403 | #47 | 22 | #1,747 |
| 1961 | 10,236 | #44 | 30 | #1,489 |
| 1960 | 9,970 | #38 | 24 | #1,680 |
| 1959 | 10,475 | #38 | 20 | #1,852 |
| 1958 | 10,416 | #41 | 16 | #2,077 |
| 1957 | 11,482 | #34 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1956 | 12,168 | #27 | 19 | #1,878 |
| 1955 | 12,398 | #27 | 21 | #1,716 |
| 1954 | 13,208 | #26 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1953 | 12,959 | #24 | 21 | #1,700 |
| 1952 | 12,227 | #30 | 23 | #1,606 |
| 1951 | 10,932 | #32 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1950 | 9,425 | #36 | 17 | #1,865 |
| 1949 | 8,778 | #40 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1948 | 6,795 | #50 | 16 | #1,931 |
| 1947 | 6,333 | #52 | 13 | #2,232 |
| 1946 | 4,840 | #68 | 10 | #2,509 |
| 1945 | 3,331 | #85 | 6 | #3,249 |
| 1944 | 3,246 | #84 | 12 | #2,170 |
| 1943 | 3,270 | #87 | 7 | #3,175 |
| 1942 | 3,241 | #85 | 11 | #2,360 |
| 1941 | 2,924 | #86 | 8 | #2,833 |
| 1940 | 2,555 | #96 | 13 | #2,063 |
| 1939 | 1,796 | #134 | 9 | #2,583 |
| 1938 | 1,573 | #145 | 8 | #2,816 |
| 1937 | 1,210 | #166 | 9 | #2,632 |
| 1936 | 1,200 | #164 | 10 | #2,417 |
| 1935 | 1,208 | #163 | — | — |
| 1934 | 1,161 | #165 | 6 | #3,595 |
| 1933 | 1,072 | #169 | — | — |
| 1932 | 1,192 | #162 | 7 | #3,305 |
| 1931 | 1,089 | #170 | 8 | #3,044 |
| 1930 | 1,114 | #176 | 7 | #3,523 |
| 1929 | 1,084 | #181 | — | — |
| 1928 | 1,121 | #183 | — | — |
| 1927 | 1,260 | #170 | 6 | #4,106 |
| 1926 | 1,144 | #185 | 5 | #4,700 |
| 1925 | 1,203 | #183 | 8 | #3,341 |
| 1924 | 1,358 | #171 | 6 | #4,252 |
| 1923 | 1,274 | #174 | 7 | #3,747 |
| 1922 | 1,296 | #173 | 7 | #3,796 |
| 1921 | 1,272 | #175 | — | — |
| 1920 | 1,269 | #175 | 8 | #3,432 |
| 1919 | 1,267 | #170 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,243 | #172 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1917 | 1,215 | #165 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,132 | #169 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,169 | #159 | — | — |
| 1914 | 890 | #162 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1913 | 739 | #158 | 5 | #3,176 |
| 1912 | 754 | #144 | — | — |
| 1911 | 546 | #148 | — | — |
| 1910 | 519 | #154 | — | — |
| 1909 | 470 | #151 | 7 | #1,247 |
| 1908 | 451 | #149 | — | — |
| 1907 | 400 | #159 | — | — |
| 1906 | 397 | #150 | — | — |
| 1905 | 402 | #148 | — | — |
| 1904 | 371 | #146 | — | — |
| 1903 | 334 | #154 | — | — |
| 1902 | 382 | #144 | — | — |
| 1901 | 342 | #144 | — | — |
| 1900 | 503 | #126 | — | — |
| 1899 | 347 | #135 | — | — |
| 1898 | 376 | #136 | — | — |
| 1897 | 376 | #129 | — | — |
| 1896 | 371 | #128 | — | — |
| 1895 | 386 | #122 | — | — |
| 1894 | 399 | #118 | — | — |
| 1893 | 358 | #121 | — | — |
| 1892 | 353 | #125 | — | — |
| 1891 | 320 | #123 | — | — |
| 1890 | 374 | #107 | — | — |
| 1889 | 337 | #114 | — | — |
| 1888 | 337 | #111 | — | — |
| 1887 | 275 | #110 | — | — |
| 1886 | 355 | #95 | — | — |
| 1885 | 302 | #99 | — | — |
| 1884 | 278 | #102 | — | — |
| 1883 | 244 | #103 | — | — |
| 1882 | 259 | #99 | — | — |
| 1881 | 226 | #96 | — | — |
| 1880 | 236 | #92 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).