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Why parents love Rebecca- The biblical Rebecca is one of the strongest, most complex women in scripture.
- Du Maurier's Rebecca is one of the greatest novels in English.
- Three syllables with a warm, musical sound: reh-BEK-ah.
- Becca, Becky, and Bec are all warm nicknames.
- It held the top 10 for 20 years — proven and beloved.
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The vibe of Rebecca
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Origin & history of Rebecca
Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivqāh, to bind/to snare)
→ Greek Rhebekka
→ English Rebecca
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Hebrew roots
Rebecca comes from the Hebrew Rivqāh, possibly meaning to bind or to snare with beauty. In Genesis 24, Abraham's servant finds Rebecca at a well and she is chosen as Isaac's wife for her kindness and beauty. She later manipulates events to ensure her favoured son Jacob receives Isaac's blessing — making her one of the Bible's most complex female characters. Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (1938) created one of literature's most haunting absent characters. Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film adaptation won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Rebecca held a US top-10 position from 1974 to 1994.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Biblical — Genesis 24, where Rebecca is chosen as a wife for Isaac.
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Today
Rebecca remains a beloved choice, ranking #259 in the US. 757,198 babies have been named Rebecca since 1880.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Genesis 24-27, SSA data
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How popular is Rebecca?
1981
peak year
Rebecca hit its high-water mark in 1981, when it became one of the country's most popular names — #12 nationally, with 16,737 babies given the name that year. It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1880. Since the peak, the name has eased to around #259 today, averaging about 1,269 new babies per year. Rebecca has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 757,198 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
16,737
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #12)
(ranked #12)
1,269
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
12,690
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
757,198
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Rebecca1
Life path number
The Leader
Leadership, independence and pioneering spirit.
Rebecca's Life Path 5 is the adventurer's number — fitting for a woman who left her family to marry a stranger in a distant land. People named Rebecca tend to be decisive, complex, and willing to take bold action to shape their destiny.
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Shapes her own destiny✦
Decisive and complex◈
Bold action-taker◎
Beauty that binds♡
Strategically brilliantR9
E5
B2
E5
C3
C3
A1
Sum: 28 → Life path 1
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Personality of Rebecca🌟
Independent & bold
These individuals chart their own course. They lead, they don't follow.
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Ambitious drive
Quiet determination sits behind everything they do.
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Original ideas
Their minds work differently — seeing angles others walk past.
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Natural authority
Without trying, they earn respect.
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Famous people named RebeccaClick any name to view their Wikipedia page.
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Rebecca (Biblical)
Second matriarch, one of the most complex women in scripture.
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Rebecca (du Maurier)
The haunting absent character in one of the greatest English novels.
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Rebecca Ferguson
Swedish-Australian actress known for Mission: Impossible and Dune.
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Rebecca Solnit
Author of Men Explain Things to Me, coiner of mansplaining.
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