# Rebeca (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rebeca/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,198 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 14,193 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 960, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 219 | 1,120 |
| 2012 | 216 | 1,146 |
| 2013 | 208 | 1,160 |
| 2014 | 189 | 1,274 |
| 2015 | 179 | 1,326 |
| 2016 | 216 | 1,169 |
| 2017 | 167 | 1,385 |
| 2018 | 176 | 1,297 |
| 2019 | 170 | 1,343 |
| 2020 | 183 | 1,245 |
| 2021 | 146 | 1,473 |
| 2022 | 184 | 1,291 |
| 2023 | 177 | 1,296 |
| 2024 | 184 | 1,268 |
| 2025 | 166 | 1,339 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 7,577 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 31 | 1,128 |
| 2014 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2015 | 49 | 787 |
| 2016 | 53 | 744 |
| 2017 | 76 | 565 |
| 2018 | 75 | 553 |
| 2019 | 89 | 472 |
| 2020 | 62 | 617 |
| 2021 | 54 | 699 |
| 2022 | 59 | 638 |
| 2023 | 51 | 706 |
| 2024 | 44 | 837 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## People named Rebeca

- Rebeca Andrade, Brazilian artistic gymnast
- Rebeca Grynspan, Costa Rican politician
- Rebeca Matte Bello, Chilean sculptor (1875-1929)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.