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How popular is “Rebekah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rebekah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rebekah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rebekah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rebekah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rebekah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rebekah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rebekah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 100%
1918 33 0.0000152 33 100%
1919 25 0.000011847 25 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 100%
1922 25 0.000010921 25 100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 100%
1925 27 0.000011572 27 100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 100%
1933 26 0.000013004 26 100%
1934 23 0.000011075 23 100%
1935 25 0.000011962 25 100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 100%
1938 26 0.000011751 26 100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 100%
1940 40 0.000017371 40 100%
1941 63 0.000025858 63 100%
1942 39 0.000014276 39 100%
1943 44 0.000015589 44 100%
1944 41 0.000015241 41 100%
1945 54 0.000020355 54 100%
1946 68 0.000021281 68 100%
1947 88 0.000024429 88 100%
1948 83 0.00002404 83 100%
1949 96 0.000027548 96 100%
1950 98 0.000027973 98 100%
1951 146 0.000039634 146 100%
1952 173 0.00004555 173 100%
1953 189 0.000049044 189 100%
1954 197 0.000049489 197 100%
1955 202 0.00005031 202 100%
1956 210 0.000050933 210 100%
1957 208 0.000049499 208 100%
1958 197 0.000047655 197 100%
1959 202 0.000048581 202 100%
1960 194 0.000046704 194 100%
1961 187 0.000045144 187 100%
1962 213 0.000052783 213 100%
1963 191 0.000048254 191 100%
1964 218 0.000056076 218 100%
1965 239 0.000065923 239 100%
1966 258 0.000074231 258 100%
1967 285 0.00008395 285 100%
1968 273 0.000080807 273 100%
1969 344 0.000098984 344 100%
1970 375 0.000103979 375 100%
1971 505 0.000147129 505 100%
1972 539 0.000171493 539 100%
1973 763 0.00025291 763 100%
1974 1030 0.000338816 1023 7 99%
1975 1071 0.000354707 1071 100%
1976 1193 0.000393171 1187 6 99%
1977 1329 0.000418386 1329 100%
1978 1354 0.000426609 1343 11 98%
1979 1519 0.000456567 1519 100%
1980 1739 0.000504862 1729 10 99%
1981 1914 0.000553279 1906 8 99%
1982 2067 0.000589231 2059 8 99%
1983 1906 0.000550336 1899 7 99%
1984 1814 0.000519956 1803 11 99%
1985 1797 0.000503487 1791 6 99%
1986 1843 0.000518122 1835 8 99%
1987 1740 0.000482581 1732 8 99%
1988 1701 0.000460346 1696 5 99%
1989 1881 0.000489277 1869 12 99%
1990 2051 0.000518915 2044 7 99%
1991 2063 0.000529617 2063 100%
1992 2106 0.000548256 2106 100%
1993 2108 0.00055911 2108 100%
1994 2159 0.000580743 2159 100%
1995 2070 0.000565241 2070 100%
1996 2222 0.000609235 2222 100%
1997 2057 0.000567331 2057 100%
1998 2030 0.000551899 2030 100%
1999 2067 0.000559576 2067 100%
2000 1896 0.0005016 1896 100%
2001 1738 0.000464285 1738 100%
2002 1571 0.000420246 1571 100%
2003 1503 0.000395285 1503 100%
2004 1394 0.000364833 1389 5 99%
2005 1281 0.000333173 1281 100%
2006 1227 0.000310147 1227 100%
2007 1105 0.00027641 1105 100%
2008 946 0.000240672 946 100%
2009 891 0.000233235 891 100%
2010 795 0.000215113 795 100%
2011 720 0.00019684 720 100%
2012 714 0.000195222 714 100%
2013 664 0.000182134 664 100%
2014 627 0.000169168 627 100%
2015 606 0.000163743 606 100%
2016 527 0.000143648 527 100%
2017 500 0.000139813 500 100%
2018 415 0.000118035 415 100%
2019 399 0.000114955 399 100%
2020 351 0.000105072 351 100%
2021 331 0.000097699 331 100%
2022 287 0.000084833 287 100%
2023 252 0.000076105 252 100%
2024 307 0.000092234 307 100%

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