girl's name

Rebeckah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 682

Scotland

#676

1997 births

Rebeckah is a girl's name. In 2015 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1996, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1956.

Rebeckah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

193
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Rebeckah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 15
1960s 31
1970s 109
1980s 128
1990s 193
2000s 129
2010s (to 2015) 47

How popular is Rebeckah?

In 2015, Rebeckah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Rebeckah is used

Scotland #676 3 in 1997
England & Wales #4,339 3 in 2000
United States #16,800 5 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Rebeckah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Rebeckah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Rebeckah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Rebeckah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Rebeckah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Rebeckah

How popular is the name Rebeckah?

In 2015, Rebeckah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Rebeckah a girl's or a boy's name?

Rebeckah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Rebeckah most popular?

Rebeckah peaked in 1996, when 26 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.