Rebecca

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #349in 2025
  • 1 in 1,843girls in 2025
  • −44%last ten years
  • 1.8×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1974.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05,16610,33218801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Rebecca, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,594
18812,458
18822,402
18832,172
18842,155
18852,270
18862,456
18871,884
18881,887
18891,889
18901,965
18911,725
18921,662
18931,682
18941,790
18951,652
18961,559
18971,605
18981,453
18991,489
19001,678
19011,429
19021,447
19031,275
19041,347
19051,379
19061,344
19071,256
19081,349
19091,354
19101,309
19111,305
19121,351
19131,183
19141,169
19151,188
19161,084
19171,124
19181,074
19191,121
19201,059
19211,032
19221,079
19231,056
19241,087
1925988
1926965
19271,057
1928972
1929971
1930989
19311,023
19321,117
19331,064
19341,112
19351,152
19361,153
19371,137
19381,426
19391,638
19402,234
19412,420
19422,399
19432,344
19442,446
19452,548
19463,080
19473,572
19484,002
19495,131
19505,502
19516,070
19526,594
19536,888
19546,802
19556,341
19566,061
19575,615
19585,178
19595,177
19604,931
19615,071
19624,781
19634,873
19645,000
19655,785
19665,778
19675,950
19686,233
19696,491
19706,209
19717,328
19728,711
197310,196
197410,332
19759,552
19769,891
19779,259
19789,006
19799,063
19809,204
198110,034
19829,289
19838,808
19847,927
19857,383
19866,874
19876,687
19886,669
19896,746
19907,204
19917,092
19927,110
19936,811
19946,319
19955,636
19966,062
19975,535
19984,767
19994,193
20003,897
20013,273
20022,906
20032,667
20042,436
20052,174
20061,879
20071,672
20081,545
20091,346
20101,293
20111,205
20121,146
20131,029
2014998
2015968
2016892
2017830
2018858
2019753
2020750
2021641
2022655
2023614
2024567
2025543

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 1.8×
  2. Massachusetts 1.8×
  3. New Jersey 1.7×
  4. Utah 1.7×
  5. Indiana 1.5×

More like it

More like Rebecca

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
872
Rank in 2025
#349
How rare
1 in 1,843 girls
Since 1880
755,992

Most popular in 1974, at 10,332 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 44% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania1.8×141
Massachusetts1.8×72
New Jersey1.7×106
Utah1.7×48
Indiana1.5×72

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.