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Rebekah

Used in both girl and boy records

Rebekah appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Rebekah by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDRebekah as a girl’s nameUS records 1883–2024
#390girl rank1996peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDRebekah as a boy’s nameUS records 1974–2004
#13806boy rank1989peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

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Trace the annual recorded uses of Rebekah in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19962,222 uses#14319821883–2020127 listed years
Boy198912 uses#340019781974–200415 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.