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Rebekah

Meaning: “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

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About the name Rebekah

Rebekah is a girl name with Hebrew roots, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”.

In 2025, Rebekah ranked #884 for girls in the US, with 302 babies given the name. Its peak year since 1940 was 1996. Since 2000, 100% of US babies named Rebekah were girls.

Etymology

From Hebrew, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”.

Name meaning adapted from Wiktionary (“Rebekah”) by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.

US rank 2025
#884
In 2015
#519
Babies in 2025
302

Popularity of Rebekah, 1940–2025

05561.1k1.7k2.2k19401960198020002020
Girls BoysBabies per year in the US

Latest SSA data: 2025.

Popularity data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby names (public domain; names given to at least 5 babies of one sex per year).

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