Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rebecca

#30 most common girls' name of all time · #76 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#30
Rank overall
#76 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
758,106
Since 2016
11,855
Peak year
1981 #12
Best rank
#10 1973
Girls Boys peak 16,801/yr
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Rebecca is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 872 872 #349
2024 918 918 #340
2023 985 985 #315
2022 1,075 1,075 #295
2021 1,051 1,051 #304
2020 1,212 1,212 #248
2019 1,263 1,263 #263
2018 1,459 1,459 #211
2017 1,433 7 1,440 #214
2016 1,580 1,580 #205
2015 1,728 1,728 #188
2014 1,782 1,782 #181
2013 1,806 1,806 #177
2012 2,019 2,019 #157
2011 2,119 2,119 #148
2010 2,299 2,299 #134
2009 2,473 5 2,478 #132
2008 2,922 8 2,930 #118
2007 3,215 5 3,220 #105
2006 3,573 6 3,579 #96
2005 4,018 9 4,027 #81
2004 4,474 22 4,496 #70
2003 4,873 6 4,879 #62
2002 5,222 8 5,230 #54
2001 5,893 7 5,900 #46
2000 7,078 8 7,086 #39
1999 7,437 11 7,448 #38
1998 8,423 11 8,434 #30
1997 9,634 10 9,644 #25
1996 10,626 12 10,638 #24
1995 9,911 14 9,925 #28
1994 11,284 16 11,300 #24
1993 12,321 20 12,341 #22
1992 13,110 20 13,130 #20
1991 13,298 32 13,330 #21
1990 13,677 40 13,717 #21
1989 12,436 85 12,521 #24
1988 11,877 39 11,916 #26
1987 11,627 46 11,673 #25
1986 11,793 56 11,849 #26
1985 12,705 52 12,757 #25
1984 13,348 45 13,393 #23
1983 14,714 59 14,773 #19
1982 15,730 64 15,794 #15
1981 16,737 64 16,801 #12
1980 15,281 48 15,329 #17
1979 14,548 52 14,600 #17
1978 13,796 56 13,852 #17
1977 14,196 58 14,254 #17
1976 14,491 53 14,544 #12
1975 13,925 70 13,995 #11
1974 15,163 49 15,212 #10
1973 14,868 56 14,924 #10
1972 13,252 64 13,316 #14
1971 12,192 46 12,238 #23
1970 10,854 29 10,883 #29
1969 10,950 38 10,988 #28
1968 10,225 28 10,253 #33
1967 9,823 30 9,853 #39
1966 9,777 37 9,814 #40
1965 10,211 27 10,238 #41
1964 9,474 23 9,497 #46
1963 9,393 29 9,422 #44
1962 9,403 22 9,425 #47
1961 10,236 30 10,266 #44
1960 9,970 24 9,994 #38
1959 10,475 20 10,495 #38
1958 10,416 16 10,432 #41
1957 11,482 32 11,514 #34
1956 12,168 19 12,187 #27
1955 12,398 21 12,419 #27
1954 13,208 20 13,228 #26
1953 12,959 21 12,980 #24
1952 12,227 23 12,250 #30
1951 10,932 15 10,947 #32
1950 9,425 17 9,442 #36
1949 8,778 18 8,796 #40
1948 6,795 16 6,811 #50
1947 6,333 13 6,346 #52
1946 4,840 10 4,850 #68
1945 3,331 6 3,337 #85
1944 3,246 12 3,258 #84
1943 3,270 7 3,277 #87
1942 3,241 11 3,252 #85
1941 2,924 8 2,932 #86
1940 2,555 13 2,568 #96
1939 1,796 9 1,805 #134
1938 1,573 8 1,581 #145
1937 1,210 9 1,219 #166
1936 1,200 10 1,210 #164
1935 1,208 1,208 #163
1934 1,161 6 1,167 #165
1933 1,072 1,072 #169
1932 1,192 7 1,199 #162
1931 1,089 8 1,097 #170
1930 1,114 7 1,121 #176
1929 1,084 1,084 #181
1928 1,121 1,121 #183
1927 1,260 6 1,266 #170
1926 1,144 5 1,149 #185
1925 1,203 8 1,211 #182
1924 1,358 6 1,364 #171
1923 1,274 7 1,281 #174
1922 1,296 7 1,303 #173
1921 1,272 1,272 #175
1920 1,269 8 1,277 #175
1919 1,267 1,267 #170
1918 1,243 10 1,253 #172
1917 1,215 1,215 #165
1916 1,132 1,132 #169
1915 1,169 1,169 #159
1914 890 7 897 #162
1913 739 5 744 #158
1912 754 754 #144
1911 546 546 #148
1910 519 519 #154
1909 470 7 477 #151
1908 451 451 #148
1907 400 400 #159
1906 397 397 #150
1905 402 402 #148
1904 371 371 #146
1903 334 334 #154
1902 382 382 #144
1901 342 342 #145
1900 503 503 #125
1899 347 347 #135
1898 376 376 #136
1897 376 376 #129
1896 371 371 #128
1895 386 386 #122
1894 399 399 #118
1893 358 358 #120
1892 353 353 #124
1891 320 320 #123
1890 374 374 #107
1889 337 337 #114
1888 337 337 #111
1887 275 275 #110
1886 355 355 #95
1885 302 302 #100
1884 278 278 #102
1883 244 244 #103
1882 259 259 #99
1881 226 226 #96
1880 236 236 #92