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Rebeca

Girl · re-BEK-a · Hebrew

Rebeca is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to tie, bind”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 1,339th for girls in the US (166 babies).

What does Rebeca mean?

Hebrew: Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian spelling of Rebecca

“to tie, bind”

The Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian spelling of Rebecca, the wife of Isaac in Genesis.

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re-BEK-a

Is Rebeca a girl's or a boy's name?

Rebeca is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 166 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rebeca in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,247among girls
Babies in 2025
27about 1 in 10,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 48% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Rebeca, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 615th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 94 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Rebeca than any year since 2012.

Half of all the girls named Rebeca in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 172 girls in the UK were given Rebeca or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #297, up from #1,247 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 94 in 20192025
Rebeca in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202527#1,247
202444#887
202353#736
202261#668
202156#734
202068#615
201994#488
201877#585
201781#585
201656#767
201552#799
201429#1,235
201331#1,188
201225#1,384
201122#1,467
201026#1,299
200915#1,848
200818#1,620
200717#1,614
200610#2,263
200510#2,206
200420#1,238
200315#1,492
200213#1,553
200114#1,461
200016#1,290
199918#1,194
199813#1,505
199712#1,559
19968#2,012

How popular is Rebeca in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,339among girls
Babies in 2025
166about 1 in 9,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 166 girls in the US were named Rebeca, making it the 1,339th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 422 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.

Half of all the girls named Rebeca in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,359 girls in the US were given Rebeca or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #256, up from #1,339 for this spelling alone.

1888Busiest: 422 in 20032025
Rebeca in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025166#1,339
2024184#1,264
2023177#1,292
2022184#1,288
2021146#1,469
2020183#1,241
2019170#1,340
2018176#1,292
2017167#1,379
2016216#1,164
2015179#1,326
2014189#1,270
2013208#1,152
2012216#1,136
2011219#1,120
2010201#1,205
2009282#945
2008256#1,022
2007284#957
2006315#851
2005326#796
2004359#735
2003422#633
2002261#875
2001288#815
2000329#707
1999320#707
1998313#708
1997288#740
1996295#715
1995311#684
1994340#640
1993340#654
1992302#711
1991307#695
1990289#721
1989239#793
1988232#797
1987164#966
1986153#1,005
1985172#919
1984136#1,040
1983165#910
1982172#890
1981195#816
1980170#893
1979159#923
1978151#936
1977136#995
1976146#903
1975120#1,007
1974125#979
1973128#943
1972124#972
1971115#1,047
197094#1,201
196990#1,176
196874#1,279
196771#1,281
196676#1,232
196566#1,350
196466#1,383
196378#1,241
196265#1,376
196160#1,434
196071#1,300
195954#1,465
195843#1,629
195744#1,627
195639#1,692
195539#1,640
195436#1,701
195337#1,621
195232#1,745
195142#1,449
195026#1,870
194922#2,068
194823#2,007
194724#1,992
194619#2,152
194518#1,992
194418#2,026
194317#2,150
194224#1,705
194121#1,750
194018#1,899
193923#1,585
193812#2,447
193710#2,734
193620#1,691
193517#1,917
193418#1,834
193322#1,606
193230#1,346
193128#1,393
193033#1,320
192934#1,281
192840#1,209
192724#1,727
192626#1,622
192526#1,646
192425#1,723
192320#1,944
192222#1,836
192118#2,120
192014#2,463
191921#1,801
191813#2,518
191714#2,315
191612#2,497
19150–
19148#2,637
19139#2,163
19120–
19110–
19107#1,935
19090–
19089#1,439
19070–
19060–
19055#1,930
19046#1,658
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18915#1,332
18900–
18890–
18885#1,276

Names like Rebeca

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Rebeca

Rebecca Rebekah Rebeka Rebecka

Names related to Rebeca

Rebekka Rebbeca Rebekkah Rebbecca Rebeccah Rebeckah

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