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Its wave through time Fading since the 1960s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1932 Boys 1963 per 100,000 babies of that sex 43,396 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1963, about 1 in 4,900 girls 109 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Robert Boy From Germanic Hrodebert: hrod 'fame' and berht 'bright'. Early Medieval · peak 1937 Rebecca Girl Hebrew Rivqah. Often connected with a Semitic root meaning 'to tie, bind' (as in a tethering rope), but this is not… Biblical · peak 1974 Ruby Girl The gem, from Latin rubeus 'red'. Victorian · peak 1911 Robin Boy A medieval French pet form of Robert. Middle Ages · peak 1961 Roberta Girl Feminine of Robert, from Germanic hrod 'fame' and berht 'bright'. Victorian · peak 1937 · forgotten Rubén Boy From Hebrew Re'uven, explained in Genesis as 'behold, a son'. Modern · peak 1992 Roberto Boy The Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Robert, from Germanic hrōd 'fame' and beraht 'bright'. Middle Ages · peak 1981 Reba Girl A short form of Rebecca, from Hebrew Rivqah, whose meaning is uncertain (a root meaning 'to tie, bind' is often… Victorian · peak 1909 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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