Rebecca is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “to tie firmly.” In 2024 it was given to 910 girls in the United States.
Rebecca belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “to tie firmly” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rebecca first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #10 in 1973, and in 2024 910 babies received the name — 755,083 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rebecca means “to tie firmly” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rebecca is a girl name. In 2024, 910 babies received the name in the US.
Rebecca comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Rebecca first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #10 in 1973, and 910 babies were given the name in 2024.
Rebecca is pronounced /ɹɪˈbɛkə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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