# Rivka (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rivka/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,022 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,022 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 600, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká) or Yiddish רבֿקה (rivke). Doublet of Rebecca.

## 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 | 266 | 963 |
| 2012 | 251 | 1,010 |
| 2013 | 270 | 937 |
| 2014 | 293 | 921 |
| 2015 | 324 | 862 |
| 2016 | 334 | 851 |
| 2017 | 342 | 801 |
| 2018 | 315 | 862 |
| 2019 | 381 | 743 |
| 2020 | 348 | 781 |
| 2021 | 375 | 762 |
| 2022 | 353 | 799 |
| 2023 | 384 | 733 |
| 2024 | 398 | 707 |
| 2025 | 464 | 629 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,063 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,259 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,215 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,288 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Rivka

- Éliette Abécassis, French writer

## 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.