Female name
Rebecca
45,862 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 1.
Origin
The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).From Wiktionary, entry “Rebecca”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 5,828 births. 45,862 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s. At its peak, it ranked 8th among girls' names in 1996. It is still given: 734 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1981: 16,801 births. 758,106 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1950s to the 1990s. At its peak, it ranked 10th among girls' names in 1973. It is still given: 4,901 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1997: 525 births. 11,293 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 7th among girls' names in 1995. It really came into use around 1967. It is still given: 157 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 14,235 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 5,578* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 3,857 | 1980–2025 | 38th in 1999 |
| Austria | 3,357 | 1984–2025 | 60th in 1997 |
| Argentina | 1,935 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 227 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Belgium | 42 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 5 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 28 → 1
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
5 + 5 + 1 = 11
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
9 + 2 + 3 + 3 = 17 → 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 4, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.