Description of the name "Rebecca"

Rebecca is most popular name in West Virginia of US for all generations. And most popular Girl name of Millennials (Gen Y) in Northeast. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for male in South, stalled for female in South, and stalled for male in Southfalling for female in South

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Rebecca'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Rebecca'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Rebecca"

Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Rebecca" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 174th out of 1436 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 136th out of 1316 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 36th out of 1355 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 16th out of 1451 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 20th out of 1494 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 58th out of 1518 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 217th out of 1241 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and regions

In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 43rd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 91st out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of South, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 34th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of West, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 42nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 13th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 22nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of South, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 16th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of West, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 14th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 19th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 17th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 21st out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 332nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 22nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 71st out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 44th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 66th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of West, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 81st out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 302nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of West, the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 438th out of 1241 names of Girl.
 
 

Popularities by states

In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.