Girl
Rebecca
Rebecca is a girl's name meaning "To bind", drawing on Hebrew roots. It has cooled since its 1970s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is one of the most familiar names around. Its single strongest year on record was 1981.
HebrewTo bind
HebrewOr captivating
Births by decade
1900s
4,059
1910s
9,496
1920s
12,331
1930s
12,676
1940s
45,421
1950s
115,892
1960s
99,749
1970s
137,831
1980s
136,786
1990s
109,867
2000s
43,710
2010s
14,706
Peaked in the 1970s · 742,524 total U.S. births since 1900