Rebecca Factsheet

Meaning
Hebrew or Aramaic via Latin - possibly 'a snare', although etymology is unclear

England and Wales statistics
Anglo-Saxon record: no entries
13th century: no entries
Earliest birth record: Rebecca Jonis (b. 1539)
1550-1690: High: #19 (1660-90); Low: no entries (1550-1630); slight rise over period
1840-1905: High #25 (1840-45); Low: #81 (1900-05); decline over period
1914-1994: High #1 (1994); Low: no entries (1914-54); sharp rise at end of period
2004: #26
2008: #66
2011: #88 (693 births)

US statistics
1880-2011: High: #10 (1973-4); Low: #185 (1926); fall, rise, fall
2011: #148 (2091 births)