Rebekah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Uncertain; possibly derived from a root meaning 'to tie firmly' or 'noose' (implying captivating beauty), or related to an Arabic cognate meaning 'heifer'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹəbɛkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rebekah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 74th most common given name.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 279as Rebecca(inferred from the name graph)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 297as רבקה
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 346as Rebecca
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rebekah itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #139 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 649 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 279 (inferred from the name graph)
645,350 named Rebecca, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est., as Rebecca
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Rebecca in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 3 more, רבקה in IL Israel, RO Romania and Rebeca in BR Brazil.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Uncertain; possibly derived from a root meaning 'to tie firmly' or 'noose' (implying captivating beauty), or related to an Arabic cognate meaning 'heifer'.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rebekah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #74 | 645,350as Rebecca | 1 in 515 | 645K | Rebecca | 649 |
| NG Nigeria | #125 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 997 | — | Rebecca | 109 |
| GB United Kingdom | #55 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 346 | 8 | Rebecca | 405 |
| BR Brazil | #444 | 160,693as Rebeca | 1 in 1.3K | 161K | Rebeca | 179 |
| PH Philippines | #150 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 838 | — | Rebecca | 124 |
| AU Australia | #31 | ≈91,000 est. | ≈1 in 279 | 97 | Rebecca | 334 |
| RO Romania | #46 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 505 | — | רבקה | 47 |
| IL Israel | #16 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 297 | 158 | רבקה | 91 |
| NZ New Zealand | #53 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 396 | 11 | Rebecca | 184 |
645,350 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rebekah is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Rebekah represents the second matriarch of the Jewish people, often cited as an example of divine election and the sovereignty of God's purposes, as she acted to ensure the fulfillment of the prophecy regarding her sons.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A classic biblical name implying captivating beauty or a binding connection.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rebekah Del Riob. 1967USAmerican musician (1967–2025)
- Rebekah Brooksb. 1968GBEnglish journalist
- Rebekah Johnsonb. 1976USAmerican actress
- Rebekah Neumannb. 1978USAmerican entrepreneur
- Rebekah McKendryb. 1979USAmerican director
- Rebekah Statonb. 1981GBEnglish actor
- Rebekah Grafb. 1982USAmerican actress
- Rebekah Kennedyb. 1984USAmerican stage actor, film actor and actor
- Rebekah Brandesb. 1985USactress
- Rebekah Kimb. 1989USSouth Korean-American singer, rapper and songwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 62 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 66K | #760 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 460 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 455 | #14,175 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 302 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1994 | 97 | #91 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 96 | #37,035 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 94 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 63 | #760 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1998 | 46 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2016 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1976 | 5 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Rebekah?
- In the etymology graph, Rebecca, Becky and Rebeca are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Rebekah mean, and where does it come from?
- Uncertain; possibly derived from a root meaning 'to tie firmly' or 'noose' (implying captivating beauty), or related to an Arabic cognate meaning 'heifer'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Rebekah a male or female name?
- Rebekah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Rebekah?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹəbɛkə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Rebekah have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 645 thousand people named Rebecca, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Rebekah?
- In the United States, the national register counted 645,350 people named Rebecca in 2020, about 1 in 515 residents.
- How common is Rebekah compared with other names?
- In the United States, Rebekah is the 74th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rebekahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rebekah” — the 74th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.