Rebel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REB-el
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Rebel is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “one who resists authority”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
What does Rebel mean?
English: English word
“one who resists authority”
From Latin rebellare, 'to renew a war', via Old French.
Is Rebel a girl's or a boy's name?
Rebel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 50 girls and 34 boys in the US.
How popular is Rebel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Rebel, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rebel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Rebel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
How popular is Rebel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,167among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Rebel, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,991st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 130 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912. 34 boys were also named Rebel in 2025 (3,378th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Rebel than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Rebel in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2008, 33% of the babies named Rebel in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 60%, with more girls than boys since 2014.
Rebel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,579 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,612 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,991 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 106 | #1,890 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,209 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,783 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Names like Rebel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Rebel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rebel, updated 20 October 2026.