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Rebecca

Girls' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~657,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#349 among girls
Births in 2025
872 758,106 since 1880
Typical age
47 years, median

Rebecca popularity over time

Rebecca rank by birth year, 1880–2025Rebecca ranked #92 in 1880 and #349 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #10, in 1973.#10#100#349best #10 in 197318901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Rebecca was used most in 1981, when 16,801 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 72 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #349 with 872 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 50%.

Babies named Rebecca per yearPeaks at 16,801 births in 1981.16,801 in 1981018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Rebecca?

Roughly 657,700 Rebeccas are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 758,106 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Rebecca?

The typical living Rebecca is 47 years old. More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Rebecca a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Rebecca

Ages of living people named RebeccaHalf of living Rebeccas are older than 47 and half younger.median 47020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Rebecca is most common

Relative to births, District of Columbia carries 1.7× the national share of Rebeccas. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Jersey follow.

Where Rebecca is used more than average5 states use the name Rebecca more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.6× the national ratePANew Jersey: 1.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 1.6× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.6× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.7× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Rebecca is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 37 1.7×
Pennsylvania 589 1.6×
Massachusetts 295 1.6×
New Jersey 426 1.6×
Utah 194 1.6×

Rebecca in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Rebecca ranked #413 in 2025 on 98 births. That is 51% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Rebecca comes from

The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Rebecca

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Rebecca Romijn American actress and model 1972 68
Rebecca Ferguson Swedish actress 1983 58
Rebecca Hall English actress and filmmaker 1982 57
Rebecca West British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist 1892–1983 57
Rebecca Black American singer 1997 47
Rebecca De Mornay American actress 1959 46
Rebecca Walker American writer 1969 35
Rebecca Mader English actress 1977 34
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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