Girl name#36 of girl names
Rebecca
Pronounced R AH0 B EH1 K AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1981
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
How popular is Rebecca?
Rebecca is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 757,336 children — the 36th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 52% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1981, when 16,737 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R AH0 B EH1 K AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Rebecca
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Rebecca
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Rebecca?
- Rebecca ranks 36th among girls' names in US records, with 757,336 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,686.
- Is Rebecca a unisex name?
- No. Rebecca is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Rebecca most popular?
- 1981, when 16,737 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.