As each year passes, it makes less and less sense to have lists of names for boys and names for girls. Parents aren't paying attention to the "rules" anymore, and any name that sounds good can belong to anyone β and that's commendable! If anything, it just gives parents more choices, which is something to celebrate.
This means that two baby-name trends are happening at the same time. The first is that, as parents choose whatever name most fits regardless of whether it was traditionally a "boy name" or "girl name," those names are becoming less and less associated wih one sex over another.
And so, the cycle will continue, until there isn't a divide anymore. For now, though, the Social Security Administration SSA , which keeps data about the most popular baby names, still separates the name list by boys and girls. And from its data, we can see that there are some names that still seem most heavily associated with one sex over another.
But if you're looking to leave those conventions behind, here are some of t he top gender-neutral names in Some are really not associated with a single sex, others have some association but can be used for anyone and others have had associations that have shifted over time.
The SSA tracks the most popular baby names each year, and it keeps a list of the top 1, names, separated by sex. After checking the top names for boys and names for girls , these are the ones that had a presence on both lists. You can see, that they still wound up being more popular for one side than the other, and the rankings can tell you how heavily weighted to one sex each name is. What if you're looking for a name that isn't more popular for one sex than another?
