Rebecka
Rebecka is the Swedish form of female name Rebecca.
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Rebecka
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rebecka is the Swedish form of female name Rebecca.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Rebecka
Rebecka first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1947, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 121 Rebeckas were born — ranking #1,358 that year. As of 2026, Rebecka ranks #13,455 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 3K Rebeckas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Rebecka
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rebecka. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Rebecka
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- Rebecka Belldegrun (born 1950), American ophthalmologist, businesswoman, and investor
- Rebecka Hemse (born 1975), Swedish actress
- Rebecka Le Moine (born 1990), Swedish politician
- Rebecka Liljeberg (born 1981), Swedish actress
- Rebecka Mendelssohn (1811–1858), German salonist
- Rebecka Törnqvist (born 1964), Swedish singer
- Rebecka Blomqvist (born 1997), Swedish footballer
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Names that sound like Rebecka
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About the name Rebecka
Rebecka is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Rebecka's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #1,358. Use the chart and map above to compare Rebecka's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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