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Its wave through time A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1969 per 100,000 babies of that sex 10,662 babies given this name since 1921 At its height in 1964, about 1 in 4,800 boys 22 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 Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.