Given name
Rebecka
Rebecka is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Swedish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Rebecka is a variant of Rebecca. Rebecca has been associated with Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Swedish use, Rebecka is a variant of Rebecca. The history of Rebecca gives this family its wider story. Rebecca has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rebecka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,319
- 0 boys · 3,319 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 121 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,547 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,547 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 121 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,143 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rebecka’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Rebecka shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Rebekka. Rebecka has a related form in Rebecca. In Swedish usage, Rebecka has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rebecca.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rebecka has relatives in 6 languages.
4 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rebecka
- Rebecka LiljebergSwedish physician and former actressborn 1981
- Rebecka BlomqvistSwedish footballerborn 1997
- Rebecka HemseSwedish actressborn 1975
- Rebecka LazicSwedish volleyball playerborn 1994
- Rebecka TörnqvistSwedish female singerborn 1964
- Disa VästbergSwedish politician (1891-1966)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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