How Many People Are Named Rebeca?

13,194

people named Rebeca are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 25,904 people in the US has this name

Based on 14,198 babies named Rebeca in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,070

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,135

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Peak Year

2003

422 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronunciation: re-BE-ka (Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Spanish and Portuguese form of REBECCA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Rebeca in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Rebeca alive today is about 29 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 40 in 2025.

Under 30 7,251
55%
30 to 59 5,102
38.7%
60 and over 841
6.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Rebeca first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 2003, to 422 babies. In 2025, 166 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Rebeca has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #634, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #1,339.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,339
Best rank#634 (2003)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#823 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Rebeca alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Rebeca were born in California than in any other state: about 3,639 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rebeca was given 3 times as often in Texas, 2.6 times in California and 1.6 times in Arizona.

California 3,639
Texas 2,607
Florida 789
New York 746
Illinois 548
Arizona 309
New Jersey 221
Georgia 202
North Carolina 195
Virginia 145
Maryland 142
Washington 134
Massachusetts 106
Oregon 96
Michigan 88
Colorado 69
Pennsylvania 56
Ohio 32
Tennessee 32
Nevada 21
Missouri 16
New Mexico 15
Arkansas 15
Kansas 15
Connecticut 15
Oklahoma 12
Minnesota 12
Utah 12
Indiana 11
Nebraska 10
District of Columbia 6
South Carolina 6
Mississippi 5

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