Rebecca
Rank in 2025
#349
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
872
girls 872
Peak year
1974
15,163 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
758,106
since 1880
Born a Rebecca? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Rebecca was most popular in 1974, when 15,163 babies recorded as girls got the name (10.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 872 babies were named Rebecca, ranking #349 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 27%.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 872 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 918 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 985 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,075 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,051 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,212 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,263 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,459 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,433 | 214 | 7 | 9696 |
| 2016 | 1,580 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,728 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,782 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,806 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 2,019 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 2,119 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 2,299 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 2,473 | 132 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 2,922 | 118 | 8 | 9019 |
| 2007 | 3,215 | 105 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 3,573 | 96 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 4,018 | 81 | 9 | 7640 |
| 2004 | 4,474 | 70 | 22 | 4005 |
| 2003 | 4,873 | 62 | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 5,222 | 54 | 8 | 7643 |
| 2001 | 5,893 | 46 | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | 7,078 | 39 | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | 7,437 | 38 | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | 8,423 | 30 | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | 9,634 | 25 | 10 | 5642 |
| 1996 | 10,626 | 24 | 12 | 4878 |
| 1995 | 9,911 | 28 | 14 | 4280 |
| 1994 | 11,284 | 24 | 16 | 3911 |
| 1993 | 12,321 | 22 | 20 | 3246 |
| 1992 | 13,110 | 20 | 20 | 3220 |
| 1991 | 13,298 | 21 | 32 | 2227 |
| 1990 | 13,677 | 21 | 40 | 1909 |
| 1989 | 12,436 | 24 | 85 | 1150 |
| 1988 | 11,877 | 26 | 39 | 1768 |
| 1987 | 11,627 | 25 | 46 | 1534 |
| 1986 | 11,793 | 26 | 56 | 1299 |
| 1985 | 12,705 | 25 | 52 | 1333 |
| 1984 | 13,348 | 23 | 45 | 1422 |
| 1983 | 14,714 | 19 | 59 | 1178 |
| 1982 | 15,730 | 15 | 64 | 1140 |
| 1981 | 16,737 | 12 | 64 | 1143 |
| 1980 | 15,281 | 17 | 48 | 1357 |
| 1979 | 14,548 | 17 | 52 | 1270 |
| 1978 | 13,796 | 17 | 56 | 1186 |
| 1977 | 14,196 | 17 | 58 | 1144 |
| 1976 | 14,491 | 12 | 53 | 1179 |
| 1975 | 13,925 | 11 | 70 | 982 |
| 1974 | 15,163 | 10 | 49 | 1182 |
| 1973 | 14,868 | 10 | 56 | 1082 |
| 1972 | 13,252 | 14 | 64 | 1007 |
| 1971 | 12,192 | 23 | 46 | 1214 |
| 1970 | 10,854 | 29 | 29 | 1582 |
| 1969 | 10,950 | 28 | 38 | 1280 |
| 1968 | 10,225 | 33 | 28 | 1478 |
| 1967 | 9,823 | 39 | 30 | 1388 |
| 1966 | 9,777 | 40 | 37 | 1237 |
| 1965 | 10,211 | 41 | 27 | 1483 |
| 1964 | 9,474 | 46 | 23 | 1655 |
| 1963 | 9,393 | 44 | 29 | 1455 |
| 1962 | 9,403 | 47 | 22 | 1713 |
| 1961 | 10,236 | 44 | 30 | 1467 |
| 1960 | 9,970 | 38 | 24 | 1658 |
| 1959 | 10,475 | 38 | 20 | 1806 |
| 1958 | 10,416 | 41 | 16 | 2026 |
| 1957 | 11,482 | 34 | 32 | 1388 |
| 1956 | 12,168 | 27 | 19 | 1821 |
| 1955 | 12,398 | 27 | 21 | 1682 |
| 1954 | 13,208 | 26 | 20 | 1706 |
| 1953 | 12,959 | 24 | 21 | 1677 |
| 1952 | 12,227 | 30 | 23 | 1582 |
| 1951 | 10,932 | 32 | 15 | 1972 |
| 1950 | 9,425 | 36 | 17 | 1815 |
| 1949 | 8,778 | 40 | 18 | 1754 |
| 1948 | 6,795 | 50 | 16 | 1881 |
| 1947 | 6,333 | 52 | 13 | 2169 |
| 1946 | 4,840 | 68 | 10 | 2403 |
| 1945 | 3,331 | 85 | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | 3,246 | 84 | 12 | 2080 |
| 1943 | 3,270 | 87 | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | 3,241 | 85 | 11 | 2268 |
| 1941 | 2,924 | 86 | 8 | 2656 |
| 1940 | 2,555 | 96 | 13 | 1983 |
| 1939 | 1,796 | 134 | 9 | 2449 |
| 1938 | 1,573 | 145 | 8 | 2646 |
| 1937 | 1,210 | 166 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1936 | 1,200 | 164 | 10 | 2301 |
| 1935 | 1,208 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 1,161 | 165 | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | 1,072 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 1,192 | 162 | 7 | 3092 |
| 1931 | 1,089 | 170 | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | 1,114 | 176 | 7 | 3289 |
| 1929 | 1,084 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 1,121 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 1,260 | 170 | 6 | 3780 |
| 1926 | 1,144 | 185 | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | 1,203 | 182 | 8 | 3155 |
| 1924 | 1,358 | 171 | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | 1,274 | 174 | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | 1,296 | 173 | 7 | 3532 |
| 1921 | 1,272 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 1,269 | 175 | 8 | 3208 |
| 1919 | 1,267 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 1,243 | 172 | 10 | 2699 |
| 1917 | 1,215 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,132 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 1,169 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 890 | 162 | 7 | 2651 |
| 1913 | 739 | 158 | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | 754 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 546 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 519 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 470 | 151 | 7 | 1155 |
| 1908 | 451 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 400 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 397 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 402 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 371 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 334 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 382 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 342 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 503 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 347 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 376 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 376 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 371 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 386 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 399 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 358 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 353 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 320 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 374 | 107 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 337 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 337 | 111 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 275 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 355 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 302 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 278 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 244 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 259 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 226 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 236 | 92 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years