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Rebecca Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Rebecca?

Ranking 214th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Rebecca is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 250, this name has been part of the top 250 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 10, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1973 and as recently as 1974.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1981 with 16,740 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Rebecca was 226 in 1881.

Rebecca, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1897-1900, 1911-1915, 1935-1942, 1943-1953, 1966-1973, and 1978-1981, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1954-1958, 1981-1986, 1992-1995, and 1997-2017.

Rebecca's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Rebecca be?

The popularity trend for Rebecca has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Rebecca for their newborn has dropped.

The name Rebecca is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Rebecca is much less frequently used as a given name.

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   Rebecca (Girl)Rebecca (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 1,442 214 < 5 --
2017 1,425 216 7 10,507
2016 1,575 206 < 5 --
2015 1,721 189 < 5 --
2014 1,778 181 < 5 --
2013 1,799 177 < 5 --
2012 2,013 157 < 5 --
2011 2,115 148 < 5 --
2010 2,290 134 < 5 --
2009 2,465 132 5 14,027
2008 2,913 119 7 10,755
2007 3,214 105 5 13,944
2006 3,563 96 6 11,725
2005 4,010 81 9 8,152
2004 4,458 70 22 4,102
2003 4,861 63 6 10,569
2002 5,212 54 8 8,271
2001 5,886 46 7 9,011
2000 7,066 39 8 8,033
1999 7,429 38 11 5,961
1998 8,420 30 11 5,752
1997 9,630 25 10 5,994
1996 10,626 24 12 5,117
1995 9,906 28 14 4,453
1994 11,280 24 16 4,048
1993 12,318 22 20 3,342
1992 13,111 20 20 3,310
1991 13,296 21 32 2,283
1990 13,674 21 39 1,963
1989 12,433 24 84 1,160
1988 11,870 26 39 1,786
1987 11,630 25 47 1,526
1986 11,789 26 56 1,315
1985 12,702 25 52 1,346
1984 13,345 23 45 1,437
1983 14,713 19 59 1,188
1982 15,727 15 64 1,145
1981 16,740 12 64 1,149
1980 15,280 17 48 1,374
1979 14,548 17 52 1,283
1978 13,799 17 56 1,197
1977 14,195 17 58 1,154
1976 14,491 12 53 1,187
1975 13,926 11 70 983
1974 15,167 10 49 1,189
1973 14,870 10 56 1,089
1972 13,252 14 64 1,013
1971 12,192 23 46 1,232
1970 10,855 29 29 1,605
1969 10,950 28 38 1,293
1968 10,227 33 29 1,474
1967 9,820 39 29 1,437
1966 9,776 40 37 1,256
1965 10,214 41 27 1,508
1964 9,472 46 23 1,686
1963 9,391 44 29 1,476
1962 9,407 47 22 1,749
1961 10,234 44 30 1,488
1960 9,968 38 24 1,681
1959 10,474 38 20 1,850
1958 10,406 41 16 2,077
1957 11,484 34 32 1,408
1956 12,172 27 19 1,874
1955 12,394 27 21 1,713
1954 13,210 26 20 1,746
1953 12,961 24 21 1,701
1952 12,226 30 23 1,606
1951 10,931 32 15 2,032
1950 9,427 36 17 1,865
1949 8,776 40 18 1,811
1948 6,795 50 16 1,931
1947 6,332 52 13 2,232
1946 4,840 68 10 2,508
1945 3,331 85 6 3,247
1944 3,247 84 12 2,169
1943 3,268 87 7 3,176
1942 3,241 85 11 2,357
1941 2,924 86 8 2,831
1940 2,555 96 12 2,160
1939 1,796 134 9 2,583
1938 1,575 145 9 2,615
1937 1,208 166 9 2,628
1936 1,201 164 10 2,415
1935 1,208 163 < 5 --
1934 1,162 165 6 3,595
1933 1,072 169 < 5 --
1932 1,190 163 7 3,303
1931 1,089 170 8 3,043
1930 1,114 176 7 3,524
1929 1,085 181 < 5 --
1928 1,121 183 < 5 --
1927 1,260 170 6 4,107
1926 1,144 185 5 4,701
1925 1,204 182 8 3,343
1924 1,358 171 6 4,253
1923 1,274 174 7 3,745
1922 1,296 173 7 3,795
1921 1,272 175 < 5 --
1920 1,269 175 8 3,432
1919 1,267 170 < 5 --
1918 1,243 172 10 2,844
1917 1,215 165 < 5 --
1916 1,132 169 < 5 --
1915 1,169 159 < 5 --
1914 890 162 7 2,853
1913 739 158 5 3,176
1912 754 144 < 5 --
1911 546 148 < 5 --
1910 519 154 < 5 --
1909 470 151 7 1,247
1908 451 149 < 5 --
1907 400 159 < 5 --
1906 397 150 < 5 --
1905 402 148 < 5 --
1904 371 146 < 5 --
1903 334 154 < 5 --
1902 382 144 < 5 --
1901 342 144 < 5 --
1900 503 126 < 5 --
1899 347 135 < 5 --
1898 376 136 < 5 --
1897 376 129 < 5 --
1896 371 128 < 5 --
1895 386 122 < 5 --
1894 399 118 < 5 --
1893 358 121 < 5 --
1892 353 125 < 5 --
1891 320 123 < 5 --
1890 374 107 < 5 --
1889 337 114 < 5 --
1888 337 111 < 5 --
1887 275 110 < 5 --
1886 355 95 < 5 --
1885 302 99 < 5 --
1884 278 102 < 5 --
1883 244 103 < 5 --
1882 259 99 < 5 --
1881 226 96 < 5 --
1880 236 92 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.