Rebekah

“Enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #884 in the US (2025) · 90s

Rebekah reached its best rank, #143, in 1982 and ranked #884 in 2025. Roughly 76,000 girls have been named Rebekah since 1883. Together with its spelling variants Rebecca (#350) and Rebeca (#1339), Rebekah would rank around #229 with about 1,300 births last year — the newborns split about 65/23/12 across Rebecca, Rebekah, and Rebeca.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,700 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 14,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Rebekahs

Rebekah Brooks — English journalist
Rebekah Stott — New Zealand football player
Rebekah Johnson — American actress
Rebekah A. Mercer — American political donor (1973-)
Rebekah Del Rio — American musician (1967–2025)

In stories & tradition

Rebekah Mikaelson — The Vampire Diaries · The Originals

What Rebekahs become

Among 137 notable people named Rebekah:

Entertainers appear 1.65× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rebekah Johnson, American actress.

Similar names: Rebecca · Michaela · Renee · Jenna · Raquel · Elyse

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