Rabecca
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ruh-BEK-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Rabecca is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to tie or bind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rabecca mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Rebecca, from Hebrew Rivqah; meaning uncertain
“to tie or bind”
Rebecca was the wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau in the Book of Genesis.
Is Rabecca a girl's or a boy's name?
Rabecca is a girls' name.
How popular is Rabecca in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Rabecca in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rabecca in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,629 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Nicknames for Rabecca
Names like Rabecca
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rabecca: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rabecca, updated 20 October 2026.