Rebel
Rebel was the 3204th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1620th with 130 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 973 places. More babies were named Rebel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,204 girls, down 1,203 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 50girls
- Girls and boys
- 65% girls, 35% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021130 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,456babies recorded
Rebel popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,204 | #3,430 | 50 | 34 |
| 2020 | #2,001 | #2,342 | 94 | 58 |
| 2010 | #11,068 | #4,486 | 10 | 22 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | #6,214 | #6,071 | 11 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,701 | #3,465 | 12 | 9 |
| 1960 | — | #3,586 | — | 7 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Rebel, counting every spelling?
Rebel has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Rebel?
50 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rebel (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rebel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 167 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rebel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rebel?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Rebel are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 22. That makes Rebel a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Rebel by state
How common Rebel was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Rebel
How popular is the name Rebel?
Rebel was the 3204th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1620th with 130 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 973 places. More babies were named Rebel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Rebel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 65% girls, 35% boys given the name Rebel in the US.
Where is Rebel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rebel was most common in Oklahoma (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and Utah.