Rivka
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About Rivka
A traditional name still used in Orthodox families. Rivka is the original form of Rebekah or Rebecca, today used far more widely than the original. Rifka is a variation.
Pronounced RIV-kuh.
As of October 2026, Rivka ranked #629 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #920 | 293 | 164 |
| 2015 | #862 | 324 | 181.5 |
| 2016 | #851 | 334 | 188.5 |
| 2017 | #801 | 342 | 198.1 |
| 2018 | #862 | 315 | 185.2 |
| 2019 | #743 | 381 | 227 |
| 2020 | #783 | 347 | 214.7 |
| 2021 | #762 | 375 | 228.5 |
| 2022 | #799 | 353 | 215.2 |
| 2023 | #733 | 384 | 239.3 |
| 2024 | #710 | 395 | 243.8 |
| 2025 | #629 | 464 | 288.7 |
World rankings
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Rivka on lists
Famous Rivkas
- Rivka Galchen
Canadian,American novelist
- Rivka Yahav
Israeli psychologist
- Rivka Keren (born Katalin Friedländer)
Hungarian,Israeli novelist
- Rivka Oxman
Israeli architect
- Rivka Basman Ben
Hayim, Lithuanian,Israeli poet
- Rivka Bertisch Meir
American psychologist
- Rivka Golani
Israeli violist
- Rivka Ravitz
Israeli political advistor
- Rivka Ritchie
(b. 2012) daughter of English film director Guy Ritchie
Rivka in pop culture
- From the original Hebrew 'Ribkah'
now Rebekah, possible meanings are "bound with rope" "ensnarer", "a noose".
- From the Arabic
rabqat, "a tie,rope for animals," suggests that as a name it means the beauty by means men are snared or bound.
- The root is found in Hebrew only in the noun meaning "stall" in the phrase "fatted calf" or "calf of the stall"
and in view of the meaning of names like Rachel and Eglah the name Rebekah might well mean a "tied,up calf or lamb" one peculiarly choice and fat, suggesting that as a name it refers to her being a prime choice as a wife.