Rebecca: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced rih-BEK-uh · 3 syllables

Rebecca means “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”, from English.

The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

How popular is Rebecca?

Rebecca was the #349 name in the US in 2025, given to 872 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 48% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Rebecca in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Rebecca are older than 48; most are between 25 and 76. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Rebecca have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Rebecca means “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”. It comes from English.

Rebecca is pronounced rih-BEK-uh.

Rebecca was the #349 name in the US in 2025, given to 872 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 48% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Rebecca are older than 48. Most are between 25 and 76.