Rebecka

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rebecka: Recorded since 1982, it reached #222 in 2003, and it was last ranked in 2016.

2registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#222highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1234
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2000	#1995
2001	#2783
2002	#2540
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2011	#3549
2016	#4763

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 29 of the 32 years from 1982 to 2013.

In 2011: #487 among girls in Norway, #3549 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1982–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #510 among girls in Norway in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1982–2013
Highest recorded position: #222 among girls in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1982–2013).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #4763 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016.
England and Wales · Girls

Rebecka appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1982, and has registered 323 births with the name.

Rebecka across 2 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.

Rebecka'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
Norway · Girls	#510 (1982)	#222 (2003)	#588 (2013)	29 of 32	323 (1982–2013)	24 (2003)
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#1222 (1996)	#4763 (2016)	13 of 21	84 (1996–2016)	15 (1996)

Rebecka by decade in Norway · 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 Rebecka in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	36	6 of 10	6
1990s	127	10 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	138	9 of 10	15
2010s	22	4 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Rebecka 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 2 regions, from 1982 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #222 in Norway in 2003.

Rebecka'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
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#588	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#503	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#487	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#575	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#613	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#360	12	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#322	14	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#395	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#303	15	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#222	24	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#223	22	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#227	22	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#294	15	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#267	16	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#312	13	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#309	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#300	14	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#256	19	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#331	13	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#465	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#361	12	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#415	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#456	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#686	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#588	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#674	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#399	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#677	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#510	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1982 and 2016, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #222, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Norway in 2003.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 14 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.

Rebeca · #281, 30y
Rebecca · #1, 65y
Rebeka · #358, 28y
Rebekah · #37, 45y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Vernon · #222, 26y
Nicolle · #223, 30y
Pelle · #221, 29y
Bailie · #224, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Dwaine · #222, 10y
Shaunagh · #220, 13y
Weronika · #219, 43y
Kristopher · #227, 37y

Rebecka was ranked #222 in Norway · Girls in 2003. 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.

Rebecka 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 Rebecka without appearing here.

Rebecka moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #5785.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3549 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #5785.
Geraldine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5201 and #2627 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #4049.
Helene Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #4049.

Moved ahead of Rebecka

Janice Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1722.
Marilyn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1843.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3549 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2233.
Dylan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2540 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2191.

Moved the opposite way to Rebecka

Fiona Compare
Between 1986 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Rebecka went from #399 to #588 while Fiona went from #644 to #305.
Torill Compare
Between 1982 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Rebecka went from #510 to #303 while Torill went from #151 to #599.
Gerd Compare
Between 1982 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Rebecka went from #510 to #222 while Gerd went from #324 to #545.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebecka went from #1222 to #4763 while Ada went from #2683 to #164.

Moved the same way as Rebecka

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebecka went from #1222 to #4763 and Abigail from #21 to #58.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebecka went from #1222 to #4763 and Aimee from #70 to #400.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebecka went from #1222 to #4763 and Aisling from #440 to #1416.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Rebecka went from #1222 to #4763 and Alex from #161 to #1416.

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 2 regions, from 1982 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #222 in Norway in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Rebecka

Rebecka at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rebecka across 2 official records

Rebecka by decade in Norway · Girls

Rebecka appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Rebecka at a glance

Rebecka across 2 official records

Rebecka by decade in Norway · Girls

Rebecka appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Rebecka

Rebecka and the names beside it

Rebecka moved ahead of

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