# Rebecca (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rebecca/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “enchantingly beautiful”, “captivating”, “snare” |
| Pronunciation | /ɹɪˈbɛkə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Becky, Becca, Becki, Becks, Becka, Bex, Beckie, Bec, Becs |
| Variant spellings | Rebeccah, Rebekah, Rebekka, Beki |
| US babies named this | 758,106 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,114 / 755,992 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 45,862, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Rebecca is grouped under beauty.

## 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 | 2,119 | 148 |
| 2012 | 2,019 | 157 |
| 2013 | 1,806 | 177 |
| 2014 | 1,782 | 181 |
| 2015 | 1,728 | 189 |
| 2016 | 1,580 | 205 |
| 2017 | 1,433 | 214 |
| 2018 | 1,459 | 211 |
| 2019 | 1,263 | 263 |
| 2020 | 1,212 | 249 |
| 2021 | 1,051 | 304 |
| 2022 | 1,075 | 296 |
| 2023 | 985 | 315 |
| 2024 | 918 | 340 |
| 2025 | 872 | 350 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 12 | 5,118 |
| 1997 | 10 | 5,998 |
| 1998 | 11 | 5,753 |
| 1999 | 11 | 5,960 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8,036 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9,017 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8,275 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,573 |
| 2004 | 22 | 4,103 |
| 2005 | 9 | 8,157 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,733 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,946 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,659 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,038 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,534 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 693 | 88 |
| 2012 | 526 | 108 |
| 2013 | 478 | 114 |
| 2014 | 407 | 135 |
| 2015 | 398 | 140 |
| 2016 | 356 | 156 |
| 2017 | 316 | 173 |
| 2018 | 282 | 186 |
| 2019 | 291 | 174 |
| 2020 | 198 | 236 |
| 2021 | 216 | 233 |
| 2022 | 159 | 287 |
| 2023 | 124 | 347 |
| 2024 | 137 | 315 |
| 2025 | 98 | 413 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: رِفْقَة
- Armenian: Ռեբեկա
- Chinese: 麗貝卡 /丽贝卡
- Danish: Rebecca
- Esperanto: Rebeka
- Finnish: Rebekka
- French: Rébecca
- German: Rebekka
- Greek: Ρεβέκκα, Ρεμπέκα
- Hebrew: רִבְקָה
- Hindi: रेबेका
- Hungarian: Rebeka
- Italian: Rebecca
- Japanese: レベッカ
- Norwegian: Rebekka
- Polish: Rebeka
- Portuguese: Rebeca
- Russian: Реве́кка, Ребе́кка
- Spanish: Rebeca
- Swedish: Rebecka

## People named Rebecca

- Rebecca Romijn, American actress and model (born 1972)
- Rebecca West, British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983)
- Rebecca Hall, English actress and filmmaker (born 1982)
- Rebecca Black, American singer (born 1997)
- Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
- Rebecca Walker, American writer
- Rebecca Mader, English actress
- Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (1967-1989)
- Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
- Rebecca Solnit, American writer
- Rebecca Latimer Felton, American politician (1835-1930)
- Rebecca Shoichet, Canadian musical performer, singer and voice actress

## 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.