How popular is the name Rebekah?

Rebekah ranks 390th among girls' names in US records, with 89,780 births since 1883. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,762.

Is Rebekah a unisex name?

No. Rebekah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1996, when 2,517 children were given the name. It has been in use for 142 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Rebeca. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#390 of girl names

Pronounced R EY1 B IY0 K AA1 (ARPABET)

Rebekah is a girls' name, and first appears in 1883. It has been given to 89,780 children — the 390th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 50% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1996, when 2,517 children were given it.

Rebeca is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1996Girls: 2,517Boys: 0

These spellings sound identical to Rebekah and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Pronunciations:: R EY1 B IY0 K AA1 · R EY1 B IY0 K AH1 · R EY1 B IY0 S IY1 EY1 · R EY1 B IY1 K AA1 · R EY1 B IY1 K AH1 · R EY1 B IY1 S IY1 EY1 · R IY1 B IY0 K AA1 · R IY1 B IY0 K AH1 · R IY1 B IY1 K AA1 · R IY1 B IY1 K AH1 · R IY1 B IY1 S IY1 EY1
Stress pattern:: 101 · 101 · 1011 · 111 · 111 · 1111 · 101 · 101 · 111 · 111 · 1111
Syllables:: 3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Rebekah?: Rebekah ranks 390th among girls' names in US records, with 89,780 births since 1883. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,762.
Is Rebekah a unisex name?: No. Rebekah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Rebekah most popular?: 1996, when 2,517 children were given the name. It has been in use for 142 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Rebekah spelled?: Rebeca. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.