Rifka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RIF-kah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Rifka is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to tie, bind”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Rifka mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Rivka, the Hebrew original of Rebecca
“to tie, bind”
In Genesis, Rebecca is the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Is Rifka a girl's or a boy's name?
Rifka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rifka in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rifka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rifka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Rifka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Rifka, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Rifka in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rifka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
Nicknames for Rifka
- Rivky 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Rifka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya, Aisha, Safa, Maya, Hana, Summer, Dakota, Mika, Ayla, Layla, Anya, Hawa
Names related to Rifka
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Rifka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rifka, updated 20 October 2026.