A name. A world of connections.

Rivka

“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

Language contexts for this entry: English, Dutch, Finnish

feminineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Recorded routes: Hebrew or Yiddish
3 language contexts: English Dutch Finnish
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Rivka

Rivka is a feminine given name documented in English, Dutch and Finnish. English Wiktionary records Hebrew or Yiddish as source languages. It is a form of Rebecca, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”.

Hebrew or Yiddish source routes

Source-reported

Meaning: “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká) or Yiddish רבֿקה (rivke). Doublet of Rebecca.

Explore the recorded source languages

The source records Hebrew or Yiddish as alternative source languages. A particular use of the name may follow one of these routes.

Hebrew
Yiddish

Older roots and any uncertainty are explained in the complete cited passage.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: RebeccaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Rivka (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Rivka is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Rivka’s connections around the world.

7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 464 girls (rank 628). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Rivka

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 464; applications; Rank #628
Peak year: 2025; 464 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Rivka in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	14	2,781	observed
1951	12	3,106	observed
1952	15	2,806	observed
1953	16	2,699	observed
1954	11	3,490	observed
1955	7	4,740	observed
1956	8	4,467	observed
1957	13	3,309	observed
1958	11	3,747	observed
1959	14	3,254	observed
1960	18	2,904	observed
1961	19	2,839	observed
1962	13	3,592	observed
1963	20	2,780	observed
1964	18	3,000	observed
1965	20	2,744	observed
1966	20	2,752	observed
1967	23	2,558	observed
1968	29	2,246	observed
1969	27	2,515	observed
1970	30	2,450	observed
1971	34	2,296	observed
1972	43	1,920	observed
1973	46	1,832	observed
1974	53	1,709	observed
1975	62	1,586	observed
1976	71	1,464	observed
1977	55	1,832	observed
1978	69	1,569	observed
1979	62	1,753	observed
1980	71	1,624	observed
1981	72	1,615	observed
1982	52	1,991	observed
1983	79	1,463	observed
1984	85	1,381	observed
1985	73	1,621	observed
1986	82	1,505	observed
1987	101	1,349	observed
1988	100	1,400	observed
1989	92	1,540	observed
1990	108	1,445	observed
1991	85	1,710	observed
1992	96	1,600	observed
1993	108	1,471	observed
1994	106	1,487	observed
1995	116	1,410	observed
1996	119	1,393	observed
1997	128	1,343	observed
1998	124	1,382	observed
1999	143	1,283	observed
2000	149	1,291	observed
2001	138	1,378	observed
2002	178	1,156	observed
2003	176	1,209	observed
2004	195	1,162	observed
2005	190	1,203	observed
2006	194	1,240	observed
2007	207	1,212	observed
2008	216	1,182	observed
2009	235	1,085	observed
2010	248	1,014	observed
2011	266	961	observed
2012	251	1,009	observed
2013	270	936	observed
2014	293	919	observed
2015	324	861	observed
2016	334	848	observed
2017	342	799	observed
2018	315	860	observed
2019	381	743	observed
2020	348	781	observed
2021	375	762	observed
2022	353	799	observed
2023	384	731	observed
2024	398	706	observed
2025	464	628	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Rivka” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Rivka Carmi
born 1948
Israeli pediatrician and geneticist
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Éliette Abécassis
born 1969
French writer
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Rivka with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q20000085CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: RebeccaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Rivka (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Rivka

Hebrew or Yiddish source routes

Source-reported

Meaning: “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká) or Yiddish רבֿקה (rivke). Doublet of Rebecca.

Explore the recorded source languages

The source records Hebrew or Yiddish as alternative source languages. A particular use of the name may follow one of these routes.

Hebrew
Yiddish

Older roots and any uncertainty are explained in the complete cited passage.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: RebeccaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Rivka (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Rivka is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Rivka’s connections around the world.

7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 464 girls (rank 628). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Rivka

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 464; applications; Rank #628
Peak year: 2025; 464 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Rivka in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	14	2,781	observed
1951	12	3,106	observed
1952	15	2,806	observed
1953	16	2,699	observed
1954	11	3,490	observed
1955	7	4,740	observed
1956	8	4,467	observed
1957	13	3,309	observed
1958	11	3,747	observed
1959	14	3,254	observed
1960	18	2,904	observed
1961	19	2,839	observed
1962	13	3,592	observed
1963	20	2,780	observed
1964	18	3,000	observed
1965	20	2,744	observed
1966	20	2,752	observed
1967	23	2,558	observed
1968	29	2,246	observed
1969	27	2,515	observed
1970	30	2,450	observed
1971	34	2,296	observed
1972	43	1,920	observed
1973	46	1,832	observed
1974	53	1,709	observed
1975	62	1,586	observed
1976	71	1,464	observed
1977	55	1,832	observed
1978	69	1,569	observed
1979	62	1,753	observed
1980	71	1,624	observed
1981	72	1,615	observed
1982	52	1,991	observed
1983	79	1,463	observed
1984	85	1,381	observed
1985	73	1,621	observed
1986	82	1,505	observed
1987	101	1,349	observed
1988	100	1,400	observed
1989	92	1,540	observed
1990	108	1,445	observed
1991	85	1,710	observed
1992	96	1,600	observed
1993	108	1,471	observed
1994	106	1,487	observed
1995	116	1,410	observed
1996	119	1,393	observed
1997	128	1,343	observed
1998	124	1,382	observed
1999	143	1,283	observed
2000	149	1,291	observed
2001	138	1,378	observed
2002	178	1,156	observed
2003	176	1,209	observed
2004	195	1,162	observed
2005	190	1,203	observed
2006	194	1,240	observed
2007	207	1,212	observed
2008	216	1,182	observed
2009	235	1,085	observed
2010	248	1,014	observed
2011	266	961	observed
2012	251	1,009	observed
2013	270	936	observed
2014	293	919	observed
2015	324	861	observed
2016	334	848	observed
2017	342	799	observed
2018	315	860	observed
2019	381	743	observed
2020	348	781	observed
2021	375	762	observed
2022	353	799	observed
2023	384	731	observed
2024	398	706	observed
2025	464	628	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Rivka Carmi
born 1948
Israeli pediatrician and geneticist
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Éliette Abécassis
born 1969
French writer
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q20000085CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: RivkaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: RebeccaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Rivka (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Rivka

Hebrew or Yiddish source routes

Where Rivka is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Rivka Carmi

Éliette Abécassis

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Rivka

Hebrew or Yiddish source routes

Where Rivka is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Rivka Carmi

Éliette Abécassis

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page