Rebekah

Meaning: Enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare
Origin: Hebrew

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

Popularity over time

Rebekah reached its best rank, #143, in 1982 and ranked #884 in 2025. Roughly 76,000 girls have been named Rebekah since 1883.

Across the states

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

Around the world

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#1,698 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,181 in Canada (2024).

Famous Rebekahs

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

In stories & tradition

Rebekah Mikaelson — The Vampire Diaries (TV series)

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.

Spellings & nicknames

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.

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

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