NameTides

Rebecca

Rebecca was the #349 girls' name in the US in 2025 (872 babies), and #413 in England & Wales and #255 in Canada.

Rebecca as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Rebecca as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Rebecca as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#349 (872)#413 (98)#272 (13)#231 (7)#141 (32)#255 (122)—
2024#340 (918)#315 (137)#431 (7)#337 (4)#156 (29)#276 (111)—
2023#315 (985)#347 (124)#210 (19)#91 (23)#183 (25)#298 (101)—
2022#295 (1,075)#287 (159)#139 (31)#162 (12)#174 (28)#222 (130)—
2021#304 (1,051)#233 (216)#104 (43)#116 (20)#123 (43)#223 (138)—
2020#248 (1,212)#236 (198)#100 (42)#192 (9)#92 (58)#160 (168)—
2019#263 (1,263)#174 (291)#123 (39)#127 (17)#84 (68)#181 (155)—
2018#211 (1,459)#186 (282)#86 (51)#86 (28)#81 (75)#144 (200)—
2017#214 (1,433)#173 (316)#63 (71)#77 (30)#65 (96)#128 (220)—
2016#205 (1,580)#156 (356)#50 (95)#61 (39)#75 (86)#132 (225)—
2015#188 (1,728)#140 (398)#53 (89)#57 (41)#62 (104)#125 (245)—
2014#181 (1,782)#135 (407)#40 (115)#51 (45)#74 (92)#108 (268)—
2013#177 (1,806)#114 (478)#36 (137)#56 (40)#65 (110)#97 (296)—
2012#157 (2,019)#108 (526)#34 (156)#53 (48)#44 (162)#104 (283)—
2011#148 (2,119)#88 (693)#30 (183)#38 (69)#40 (195)#79 (327)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #10.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rebecca is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rebecca by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #296WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #414WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #455ILMichigan: #504MINew York: #249NYMassachusetts: #313MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #377INOhio: #462OHPennsylvania: #187PANew Jersey: #246NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #368CAUtah: #260UTColorado: #428CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #288VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #349TNNorth Carolina: #331NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #402GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #304TXFlorida: #397FL
Rebecca (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#25023
Ontario2024#25748

Rebecca (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RebeccaCanadaGirls#255122
RebeccaCanadaBoys—too few
RebeccaEngland & WalesGirls#41398
RebeccaIrelandGirls#14132
RebeccaNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
RebeccaNSWGirls—too few
RebeccaScotlandGirls#27213
RebeccaUSGirls#349872
RebeccaUSBoys—too few