NameTides

Rebekah

Rebekah was the #884 girls' name in the US in 2025 (302 babies), and #1,639 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Rebekah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Rebekah 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Rebekah 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#884 (302)#1,639 (18)———#1,429 (17)—
2024#875 (308)#1,819 (16)———#1,153 (22)—
2023#1,001 (254)#1,410 (22)#749 (3)#328 (4)—#1,678 (13)—
2022#937 (289)#1,948 (14)———#1,550 (14)—
2021#834 (331)#1,785 (16)#339 (10)——#1,335 (18)—
2020#772 (352)#1,164 (28)—#178 (10)—#923 (29)—
2019#715 (399)#1,349 (23)—#213 (8)—#1,104 (23)—
2018#700 (415)#1,035 (34)#376 (9)#179 (11)#896 (3)#752 (38)—
2017#602 (501)#933 (40)#666 (4)#180 (11)—#668 (44)—
2016#584 (527)#1,057 (33)#336 (11)#190 (11)#868 (3)#666 (45)—
2015#518 (606)#871 (42)#340 (11)#155 (15)#660 (5)#609 (49)—
2014#496 (628)#779 (50)#365 (10)#116 (22)#494 (8)#671 (44)—
2013#459 (664)#663 (60)#319 (12)#124 (18)#660 (5)#621 (47)—
2012#438 (714)#514 (84)#214 (21)#139 (14)#612 (6)#533 (56)—
2011#434 (720)#583 (69)#273 (15)#98 (25)#550 (7)#666 (43)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #146.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rebekah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rebekah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #374PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #864FL
Rebekah (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
Ontario2024#1,1819

Rebekah (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
RebekahCanadaGirls#1,42917
RebekahEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
RebekahIrelandGirls—too few
RebekahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RebekahNSWGirls—too few
RebekahScotlandGirls—too few
RebekahUSGirls#884302
RebekahUSBoys—too few