Rivka

What Rivka means

Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…

Doublet of Rebecca || The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Rivka” (revision 89918609) and “Rebecca” (revision 93673336), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rivka?

US: Rising: up from #861 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1240 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 464 girls got the name (#628 that year). First in the US records in 1949.

How common

• About 1 in 3,464 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,899 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (4.28 per 1,000 girls), NY (3.29 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.52 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Rivka is #628 in the US and #1719 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Rivka were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rivky144 US · 20 E&W
• Rivkah35 US
• Rifky11 US · 10 E&W
• Rifka8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rivka

Girls

• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Ezra#833Editor’s note Up from #1,199 in 2015 to #833 in 2025 in the US
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025

For a brother

• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Moshe#435possibly “to give birth to”^*
• Enoch#746Editor’s note Up from #784 in 2015 to #746 in 2025 in the US
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rivka’s. Rank is US 2025.