Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Rebecca

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rebecca
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.6% from peak

Peak era

1981

Peak rank proxy

16,737

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19812024

Peak year

1981

Decline from peak

94.6%

2024

910

All-time

755,083

Rebecca once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1981, when 16,737 girls were named Rebecca.

In 2024, only 910 girls were given the name.

Down 94.6% from its peak.

All told, about 755,083 Americans have been named Rebecca and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.6% from peak

198116,737 girls named Rebecca

2024910 girls named Rebecca

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