Rivkah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RIV-ka
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Rivkah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Rivkah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Rivka; Hebrew form of Rebecca
The Hebrew form of Rebecca; in Genesis Rebecca is the wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
Meaning borrowed from Rivka. More on Wiktionary.
Is Rivkah a girl's or a boy's name?
Rivkah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rivkah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rivkah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Rivkah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Rivkah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Rivkah, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Rivkah in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 499 girls in the US were given Rivkah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #594, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
- Rivka 464
- Rivkah 35
Rivkah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
Names like Rivkah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya, River, Maryam, Anya, Arya, Prisha, Anaya, Maya, Eden, Saanvi, Raven, Hana
Other spellings of Rivkah
Names related to Rivkah
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, “Rivkah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rivkah, updated 20 October 2026.