Rebekah
Meaning: “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”
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
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).
Names similar to Rebekah
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