Rebeca
Meaning
traditionally to bind, captivating
Rebeca around the world
One shared root links 6 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Rivqah, traditionally glossed "to bind, join", though the meaning is uncertain
The constellation
More branches
Sources list Rebeca among the forms of Rebecca (Spanish · Portuguese · Romanian).
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rebeca peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
160,693 people · the #209 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,264 · median age 12
Among people named Rebeca living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 29,598 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Rebeca
Most people given the name Rebeca in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Rebeca you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Rebeca deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Rebeca truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Rebeca fits with your family’s names and surname.
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