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Baby name
Rebecca
Girl
Origin of the name
Rebecca comes, through Latin, from the Hebrew Rivka. It is sometimes translated as “captivating” or “to tie,” but its meaning is debated. In the Bible, Rebecca is the wife of Isaac.
Classic name
755,992births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 12rank at its peak, in 1981
Where babies named Rebecca are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Rebecca is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Rebecca is most common in Alaska (1.7 times), West Virginia (1.6) and New Hampshire (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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