How Many People Are Named Rebel?

2,375

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

About 1 in 143,909 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,456 babies named Rebel in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,036

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#407

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Peak Year

2021

186 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
60.5%
Male
39.5%

Of the babies given the name Rebel, 60.5% were girls and 39.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Rebel fell from 76.5% in the 1960s to 64.2% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 2000s, at 28.3%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Rebel alive today is about 17 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 19 in 2025.

Under 30 1,879
79.1%
30 to 59 343
14.4%
60 and over 153
6.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Rebel first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2021, to 186 babies. In 2025, 84 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Rebel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,620, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #3,204. Among boys, its best rank was #2,324, in 2013.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#3,204#3,429
Best rank#1,620 (2021)#2,324 (2013)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#2,918 in the 2010s#2,924 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Rebel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 162 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rebel was given 3 times as often in Texas and 2.2 times in California.

Texas 162
California 141
Oklahoma 46
Washington 24
Florida 21
Arkansas 13
Tennessee 10
Pennsylvania 10
Michigan 6
New York 6
Illinois 5
Utah 5
Arizona 5
Colorado 5
Ohio 5
Iowa 5
Louisiana 5
Missouri 5

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