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 Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. 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.