Is Rebel a boy or girl name?

Rebel is a unisex name. Of the 2,456 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 60.7% were girls and 39.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2014, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Rebel

Recorded 1912–2025 · United States

Rebel was most popular in 2021, when 186 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,336 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,970, with 84 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,456 people named Rebel.

Rebel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rebel’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rebel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rebel is a unisex name — 60.7% of the 2,456 Americans given it were girls and 39.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2014 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 65% girls and 35% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Rebel

Where Rebel is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org