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 female in MidWest, stalled for female in Northeast, stalled for male in South, stalled for female in South, stalled for female in West, and falling for female in MidWestfalling for female in Northeaststalled for male in Southfalling for female in Southfalling for female in West

 
 
 

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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 with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come 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 172nd out of 1539 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 136th out of 1429 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 36th out of 1441 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 16th out of 1550 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 1343rd out of 1399 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 20th out of 1589 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 56th out of 1586 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Rebecca" is 221st out of 1328 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

TOP(%) MidWest Northeast South West
G.I. Generation
(1901~1927)
- - - -
Silent Generation
(1928~1945)
- - - -
Baby Boomers
(1946~1964)
23.12%
43rd/186
48.66%
91st/187
15.81%
34th/215
17.43%
42nd/241
Generation X (Gen X)
(1965~1980)
4.71%
13th/276
7.67%
22nd/287
4.69%
16th/341
3.66%
14th/383
Millennials (Gen Y)
(1981~1996)
6.62%
19th/287
5.78%
17th/294
86.97%
327th/376
5.32%
21st/395
Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)
(1997~2012)
20.47%
70th/342
12.57%
44th/350
14.83%
66th/445
17.89%
83rd/464
Generation Alpha
(2013~2023)
- - - -
 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.