Rebekah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning to bind or join.
Babies a year
495
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#884
down from #877
UK popularity
#1639
18 babies
How Rebekah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #519 |
| 2016 | #584 |
| 2017 | #605 |
| 2018 | #705 |
| 2019 | #715 |
| 2020 | #776 |
| 2021 | #833 |
| 2022 | #959 |
| 2024 | #877 |
| 2025 | #884 |
Rebekah by the numbers
In 2025, 18 babies in England and Wales were named Rebekah. In the US, 495 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,222 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 930 American girls born that year was called Rebekah.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rebekah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rebekato bind; variant spelling of Rebecca9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rebekkahto bind or join; a form of Rebecca7 in the US (2017)
- Rebecato bind; a variant spelling of Rebecca167 in the US (2017)
- Rebeckato bind; a form of Rebecca14 in the US (2017)
- Rebekkato bind or join; a form of Rebecca7 in the US (2017)
- Rebeccahto bind; a form of Rebecca5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rebekah
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