How Many People Are Named Rebecca?
people named Rebecca are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 526 people in the US has this name
Based on 758,106 babies named Rebecca in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
16,801 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah) from an unattested root probably meaning "join, tie, snare". This is the name of the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament. It came into use as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular with the Puritans in the 17th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Rebecca in English. Counting Rebecca and these spellings together, about 723,516 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Rebecca (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rebecca alive today is about 47 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rebecca first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1981, to 16,801 babies. In 2025, 872 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rebecca reached #10 among girls' names in 1973 to 1974, and was in the top 10 for 2 years, 1973 to 1974. In 2025 it ranked #350.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #350 |
| Best rank | #10 (1973 to 1974) |
| Years in the top 10 | 2 |
| Years in the top 100 | 72 (1880 to 2006) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #13 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rebecca alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rebecca were born in California than in any other state: about 60,205 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rebecca was given 1.7 times as often in West Virginia, 1.5 times in Alaska and 1.5 times in Vermont.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.