Rebeca

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rebeca: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rebeca: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #281 in 2020, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#281highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#1450
1998	#1392
1999	#1107
2000	#1195
2001	#1520
2002	#1530
2003	#1472
2004	#1209
2005	#2247
2006	#2137
2007	#1573
2008	#1516
2009	#1752
2010	#1294
2011	#1374
2012	#1387
2013	#1128
2014	#1177
2015	#787
2016	#744
2017	#565
2018	#553
2019	#472
2020	#617
2021	#699
2022	#638
2023	#706
2024	#837

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #837 among girls in England and Wales, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1914 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2017–2020
Highest recorded position: #281 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2017–2020).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rebeca appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 933 births with the name.

Rebeca across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rebeca's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#472 (2019)	#837 (2024)	29 of 29	933 (1996–2024)	89 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#512 (2002)	#362 (2003)	#483 (2025)	23 of 24	130 (2002–2025)	11 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#355 (2017)	#281 (2020)	#281 (2020)	2 of 4	9 (2017–2020)	5 (2020)

Rebeca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rebeca in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	51	4 of 10	13
2000s	141	10 of 10	14
2010s	471	10 of 10	47
2020sbusiest	270	5 of 10	54

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 54 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births fell by 27, from 89 to 62.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rebeca appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #281 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Rebeca's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#837	44	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#706	51	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#638	59	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#699	54	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#617	62	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#472	89	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#553	75	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#565	76	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#744	53	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#787	49	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1128	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1387	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #281, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 89 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Reanna · #372, 22y
Reanne · #351, 18y
Rebecca · #1, 65y
Rebecka · #222, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Daisie · #281, 29y
Harlee · #281, 28y
Aimie · #282, 26y
Atlanta · #282, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anna-Rose · #281, 22y
Bradan · #281, 14y
Caoilte · #281, 9y
Daisie · #281, 29y

Rebeca was ranked #281 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rebeca and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rebeca without appearing here.

Rebeca moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1450 and #3824.
Denise Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1752 and #1668 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1294 and #2843.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2247 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2137 and #3548.
Pauline Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2247 and #1796 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2137 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Rebeca

Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1209 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2247 and #951.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1209 and #1715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2247 and #1295.
Alma Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1209 and #1535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2247 and #1500.
Maja Compare
In 2005 they stood at #576 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #764 and #220.

Moved the opposite way to Rebeca

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebeca went from #1914 to #837 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebeca went from #1914 to #837 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebeca went from #1914 to #837 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebeca went from #1914 to #837 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Rebeca

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebeca went from #1914 to #837 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebeca went from #1914 to #837 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebeca went from #1914 to #837 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebeca went from #1914 to #837 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #281 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rebeca

Rebeca at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rebeca across 3 official records

Rebeca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rebeca appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Rebeca at a glance

Rebeca across 3 official records

Rebeca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rebeca appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rebeca

Rebeca and the names beside it

Rebeca moved ahead of

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