girls:
13.8k births since 1888
#1313 (77th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1986
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
13.8k births since 1888
#2224 (71st percentile)
The name Rebeca is the #2,224 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,846 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 71.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,313 (77.0% percentile) for all time with 13,841 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1986.
Rebeca first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1986 for boys). Birth data for Rebeca is available in 116 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (116 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rebeca has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Rebeca reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 41.4% percentile (ranked #532) with 210 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 210 births per million (ranked 41.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rebeca ranks #775 for girls (18.2% percentile) with 101 births per million, which is 48.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rebeca reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #705) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rebeca".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Rebeca. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.2% confident that Rebeca is pronounced as ruh-BEH-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is reh-BEH-kuh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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