Most traditional names rise to a level of popularity, then plummet before leveling out, but Rebecca's the rare (so far) name that experienced a dip, followed by another rise. It reached an initial high rank of 28 in the 1950s, dipped to 41 in the next decade, then shot to its all-time high in the 1970s. Perhaps the hippies cranking out kids at the commune felt that "Rebecca" was too square and conventional for their daughters and named them Willow or Flower or LSD instead.For what it's worth, despite it being such a popular name in the 1970s, I don't think I ever knew a Rebecca growing up. To me, Rebecca's in the same category as Amanda and Samantha, names that seem so prevalent today, but the Rebecca's popularity is actually in decline.
I'm not a huge fan of the name, but I'll admit that it's got just enough consonants that it sounds girly enough but not too butch, plus it's easy to spell. Who knows? Maybe it'll stage another comeback.
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After doing a search on the name Fanny it would appear that society sense of humor was in sharp decline from the 1880s till the 1940s.
ReplyDeleteI can only surmise by evaluating the name Dick that there ass a lot of resentment toward newly minted children during the great depression.
This is fun, I could play with this thing all day.