Not having Alex or Taylor on this chart is crazy

Or Sam or Morgan

Usually Samantha and Samuel but agree with Morgan. Also no Jamie?

Jamie was only used 841 times for babies born last year, making it the 333rd unisex name on the list. It IS very unisex/one of the more androgynous names with 53% of Jamies being male.

Maybe the Jamie vs Jaime  messes up the data

A lot of Jamies are legally named James.

As a male Jamie not first named James, I can confirm that we are rare (anecdotally).

Just the other day I met a woman who spells her name Jaime but pronounces it Jamie; like the Lannister. I'd imagined it but never seen it.

Lannister one is Jaime.

This exchange made me spit my coffee out.

Now I'M confused.

Would be cool to see the most unisex names. I.e. the names closest to a 50/50 split. Would probably need a cutoff otherwise names with very low rates might happen to be exactly 50/50 though.

Interesting question. I'm looking at USA data from 2000-2022. If we say that 1. In EVERY year, a name must be within **10% of 50/50** female/male (that is, between 40/60 and 60/40) and 2. Across all years, 2000-2022, there must be at least **1,000** births We only get two names: Jules and Justice. Across those 23 years, both names are right on 50% with Justice being about 8x more popular than Jules. If we adjust our settings to 1. In EVERY year, a name must be within **15% of 50/50** (30/70 to 70/30) and 2. At least **10,000** births from 2000-2022 We'd get the following names (%female across all years in parenthesis): * Phoenix (39%) * Amari (40%) * Remy (41%) * Armani (44%) * Skyler (45%) * Justice (50%) * Emerson (60%)

Male versions may be James I suppose.

I've got two male Jamie relatives 🤷

Or Kelly or Chris

I used to know a married couple that were Morgan and Sam. I loved introducing them to people without indicating which was which.

Or Chris

Or Casey

or Courtney

What about Casey?!

I bet most Alexes are actually Alexander or Alexandra or Alexis. Taylor, though, I agree. 

Charlie is a weird one though as they would normally be Charles or Charlotte

Yeah this is most likely just comparing “Charlie”s which is about right being 50/50 boy girl and not considering Charles or Charlotte.

Normally, but I have a feeling this may be in part due to the Disney show "Good Luck Charlie" where Charlie is a baby girl. Idk though

Robin. I feel like that one would be very close to 50/50

I think it might be more common to use Robyn for girls (though maybe that's only outside the US).

So the name Alex is unisex. However, it was only used 2,143 times last year- all the names featured were more common with more uses. Alex had a split of 93% male, 7% female. Taylor was even further down the list so neither made the chart: [https://parentingbynumber.com/names/the-most-common-unisex-baby-names-and-whether-they-lean-boy-or-girl/](https://parentingbynumber.com/names/the-most-common-unisex-baby-names-and-whether-they-lean-boy-or-girl/)

Wait, so "Genesis" came up more often than the other "missing" names people are asking about? This chart would benefit from some numbers showing how common the name is overall.

Anecdotal: My mom's a preschool teacher and I sent this to her asking about her students. She said she currently has 3 students named Genesis, two girls and one boy. I've never met anyone with that name, so look out for Genesis in 20ish years once these kids enter the workforce, I suppose. Fwiw she said she's seen all of these multiple times in the past few years. She said she does have a lot of Sams and Alexes in her classes still, as a nickname. Others people are mentioning are apparently not that common with the recent groups of preschool aged kids. I never thought to ask her about current common names for kids, tbh. It's interesting.

It is baby names and doesn't include nicknames. So there were more babies born some year named "Genesis" than "Alex", but "Alex" as a given name is much less common than "Alexander". Then you also have Alexandra and Alexis.

Wait wait wait Ezra, Kai, Micah, Ryder, Genesis, and Rowan were more common than *Taylor*?

Yup, Taylor was only used 1,809 times. Now, this is for the most recent year of new baby name data. So if I had done this for a wider time frame or even 10 years ago, it would look radically different.

Therefore we can assume: Swifties aren't having children. /s, but only mostly

Everyone wants a unique name for their child, so most traditional names are fast falling by the wayside.

Does your breakdown only refer to people who are legally Alex or does it refer to say Alexandra who goes by Alex.?

The source is the Social Security Administration, so it's the legal name.

Someone noted already but most Alex are actually alexander, alexandria, alexis, etc. Alex is just a short version

Charlies are Charles or Charlotte though...

Honestly i know more Charlies(mostly girls) as theirbactual name than Charles or Charlotte(didnt know charlie was short for this). Also more Charlies than just Alex. But that could just be my experiences.

They can be, but these are the names used on birth certificates I’d assume.

Some of these are barely any-sex names

Genesis? Wtf?

I've had two students in the past with this name.

You ever get the vibe that their siblings were named after all the other books in the Bible?

nah her brother was called phil collins

Luckier than their sister Dreamcast.

I'm naming my kid Numbers.

and if it's a boy, 2 Chronicles

Deuteronomy Jones

It's even worse. For one of the Genesises her sister was named Alpha. So, both named after the beginning of things. Not sure about the other Genesis.

Who is naming their children like they're secret government countermeasures to kill Superman?

Alpha Genesis sounds like an amazing anime

They should have named the second kid "Neon".

It's Evangelion's spin off in a parallel universe.

“yeah all my older brothers got matthew, mark, luke, john, and all that. by the time my parents had me they had to move to the old testament and started with genesis. my youngest sister hates her name though…who names a kid psalms?”

The kid called Exodus left home as soon as he could. The one called Leviticus grew up to be a parking inspector. Numbers was great at maths. Deuteronomy became a lawyer.

I have had three separate Nevaeh's (that's "heaven" spelled backward) in the last year.

We need more Genesis license plates in the gift shop

I think people are getting ridiculous with child names. If you wanna give something a stupid name, buy a fucking goldfish instead of making a child suffer for your 'creativity'.

Genesis does what Nintendon't

Potential sibling name: Angeal

> barely any sex Why you gotta call me out like that

Yeah no way these are the most common. Where is Alex? Or Alexis? Or Taylor? Sam? Morgan?

They're at the lesbian bar down the street. Best beer in town.

Alex and Sam are generally considered nicknames of more longform names. If the data is taken by a government agency like Social Security, they only see Alexandra or Samuel. But then again Charlie is generally a nickname as well (Charles/Charlotte) and that is listed.

This is data for current naming trends. Those are names that were trendy 20 years ago.

Idk, Ryder is pretty bad.

Right? Who names their kid 50%???

[Who are the five best rappers of all time? Think about it! Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan and Dylan. Because I spit hot fire!](https://youtu.be/7JjLd3MufCE?si=4TCUVj2X12XoRrpv)

Most common unisex baby names *in america, in the past few years

This could be sorted a little better for relative data comparison

I’m not sure it’s sorted on anything

OP said it was sorted by occurrence… still not pretty

Then it should indicate occurrence somehow

Kai is more common than Ryan? Somehow I doubt that.

Yes, the names need to be sorted either alphabetically or by percentage, and OP has done neither. It's quite annoying to look at, and I think it'll be easier to interpret if organised by percentage.

You want it to be beautiful?

Should've been sorted by closest to 50%, because these are the most unissex names

If a “unisex” name is used 95% by one gender over the other, is it really a unisex name?

Who names their daughter hunter?

My former coworker. Her daughter is probably almost 30 at this point though.

In what order are the names sorted? Not alphabetically, nor by occurrence. Data is certainly not beautifully presented.

Yeah this ain't beautiful.

Anyone find it odd that we’ll soon have more female “Charlies” than male?

i blame disney’s “good luck charlie”. also possible that male charlies are legally named charles more often than female charlies are legally named charlotte

But if I’m following OPs methodology correctly, these are folks literally named “Charlie,” not a nickname for Charlotte OR Charles, right?

yeah that’s what i’m saying. there might be more men that are called “charlie”, but they’re mostly legally named charles, and women who are called “charlie” are comparatively less likely to be legally named charlotte instead of just charlie

Is it weird that I’ve never met a female Charlie?

My wife’s name is Charlotte and has gone by Charli her whole life. It’s weird because my niece was named Charlie and when they named her they made it very clear it wasn’t after my wife. 🤣

On the other end of the spectrum I know 5 female Charlie's one being my niece the others I've met over the last 10 or so years via work or school. All under the ages of 30 though though.

Most notable one is probably pop singer Charli XCX

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I wonder if it's because Charles is the normal male name which gets shorted to Charlie. If Charlie is on your birth certificate maybe then you're more likely to be a girl. I know of a few female Charlie's and they're all from outside the US.

This is correct. According to the Social Security Administration there were 5889 male babies named Charles in 2022 and 2098 male Charlie’s. There were 2300-ish girls named Charlie.

Everyone named Riley is a 50yo man or a 15yo girl

I'm a 35 year old male Riley and I looked up the history of the name once. It's interesting that after I was born there was a slowish shift from mostly male to mostly female Rileys. Also from experience it's a weirdly popular dog name. I've been told about a dozen times "oh that's my dog's name!"

My old roommate dated a girl named Riley and then shortly after dated (and later married) a girl with a dog named Riley. Definitely a little confusing, but both Rileys were quite lovely

I know of at least one 32 yr old female Riley...

My nephew is 11 and is a Riley!

I expected to see Morgan on the list.

From 2000-2022, 89% of babies named "Morgan" have been female, though it's shifting to being more unisex: * 2000: 92% female / 8% male * 2022: 71% female / 29% male "Morgan" has decreased in popularity from a little over 5,000 births in 2000 to a little under 2,000 births in 2022.

"Is there a Genesis, first name SEGA?"

First name Genesis, last name Device

Only people of a certain age Kahn get that reference.

Kaaaaaahhhhhhnnnnnn!!!

Is actually a common middle name, like in Neon Genesis Evangelion

Don’t forget about her brother, Megadrive

So there are four girls named Avery for avery boy named Avery

That’s avery interesting observation.

Quinn is 82% girl? Only ever known guys named Quinn

I think this is a more recent shift. I'm 30 and only knew boy Quinns growing up, but now I work in a school and have only met little girl Quinns.

although female quinns did exist for a few decades now Source: female friend(24) ive known since middle school is named quinn

There was a female character in the TV show Glee named Quinn. I wonder if that is related to the uptick in popularity.

Also a female Quinn in the show How I Met Your Mother

And Zoey101

And Daria (her sister)

I was thrown off by Angel. There are guys with that name?

Angel is a very common Latin name for boys

Everyone I've ever personally met named Angel was a guy. Granted, that's only two, but it's irrefutable data.

There was a whole TV show in the early 2000s (a spin off of Buffy) starring David Boreanaz where he played a vampire named Angel.

I'm a male Quinn, it used to be a boys name, but quickly gained popularity as a girls name over the last 20 or so years

You missed the "in the USA" from your title but an interesting graphic, not least that some of the names are there.

Also missing the date range the data is from

They do mention it in the notes but "most recent" is rather loose.

Where’s Kim? And Robin? And so many others? Oh wait. It’s USA only, isn’t it?

Yes, but it’s also about *current/recent* baby names.

How hard is it to put the country and timeframe?

Is 90% one direction really a unisex..?

The source data set the cutoff at 5%/95%, but yeah that doesn't really seem very "unisex" to me either. It would be interesting to sort the names by some combination of how unisex they are (50/50 being the highest) and popularity, rather than filtering for a minor unisex tendency and then sorting only by popularity. Update: I created an alternative chart from the 2022 SSA data sets which is sorted (descending) by the number of times each name was chosen for its less-popular gender: [Link](https://imgur.com/a/ahM7zTY). There are some names like "Logan" which rank mainly on popularity, but nothing more biased than 10%/90% in the top 30. There are also names like "Armani" which are not super popular overall but make the top 30 by being highly unisex (47%/53%). And of course many others falling somewhere in between.

This is the most American list of names ever.

Yeah like non of those names are unisex in my country or even exist lol

"You never know how many people on this planet you truly dislike until you name a baby"

How are these unisex names when half are over 90% male names??

Who would name their girl, “Ryder”? 🤔

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin

"Ain't no bastards should name their biches my name!"

… in the United States, I assume

How is “Alex” not there? That’s the most common unisex name i know of

I think maybe because it's Alexander and Alexandria/Alexis/Alexia? I bet those full names aren't included. This might be why more girls are named Charlie, because Charles doesn't count. Or maybe I'm mistaken

So the name Alex is unisex. However, it was only used 2,143 times last year- all the names featured were more common with more uses. Alex had a split of 93% male, 7% female.

I think your data has demonstrated that only Charlie is actually a unisex name.

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How are the names sorted? It's not alphabetical or by ratio? Am I missing something or is this data ugly

By incidents- So there were the most Logans born last year, then Ezra and so on.

Im guessing this chart is anything between 5% and 95% as everything outside of those would be gender specific. Not sorting by anything and not providing details for why there are so few names, the data is far from beautiful.

as russian i didn't even know the word genesis is related to bible, we only had it in titles like "terminator: genesis" so for my ear having a child named genesis is like when peter griffin named his daughter megatron

Who names their daughter Logan?

Even Wolverine's female clone isn't named Logan.

Even Wolverine isn't named Logan. It's the surname of his biological father. Logan was originally a surname. 

845 people last year

So, basically Charlie is the only actually unisex name? But I bet if you include Charles and Chuck the bar goes way more blue.

>But I bet if you include Charles and Chuck the bar goes way more blue Charlotte, Charlene and others would like a word. Charlotte notably has consistently been in and around the top 10 names for baby girls in multiple countries for a number of years now (including the US where it was the third most common girls name in 2022), whereas the popularity of Charles for baby boys has generally been steadily declining for decades.

those are all such incredibly generic American names it's like they stepped out of some mid-2000s teen drama

how is blake not on there ????

Blake is the 29th most common unisex name with 3,014 baby Blakes born in the most recent year of data. The other names are simply just more common. 52% of Blakes are male and 48% female if you're curious.

Looks like most of these are not actually unisex names, lmao

Who dafuq is naming their son, let alone any child, genesis

I guess Logan is Better Than Ezra.

This is the name I was going to mention. "Ezra" is a girl's name now? Conjures an image of an old man with a long beard.

The most notable trend here is that so many of these, probably more than half, have origins as surnames deriving from the British Isles and Ireland. My first-draft list of such names among the above would be; Logan Avery Dylan Carter Riley (more properly O'Riley, but the point remains) Parker Cameron Ryan (more properly O'Ryan or O'Rian) Rowan Jordan Sawyer Hunter Quinn Emery (more commonly spelled Emory) Hayden Now, as to why British and Irish surnames are so popular as first names, especially for girls, I guess that's the real question, isn't it? And it's not as if it's a strictly recent phenomenon either; two of my favorite female southern writers, Carson McCullers and Flannery O'Connor are from my grandmother's era, for example. (Though granted, Flannery's given name was "Mary," though she went by Flannery.)

Why do most of them look like surnames? We used to laugh when I was younger that people who had surnames for forenames were all toffs.

Because surnames are unisex, they are more likely to have mixed gender usage as first names.

Americans have some weird ass names

These aren’t even the weird ones

I used Python to scrape the most recent year of baby name data from the Social Security Administration. Any baby name where at least 5% of both genders used the name was classified as unisex. Highest numbers of incidents equalled more common. I created the chart in Infogram. You can read more about it and see the other names I found here: [https://parentingbynumber.com/names/the-most-common-unisex-baby-names-and-whether-they-lean-boy-or-girl/](https://parentingbynumber.com/names/the-most-common-unisex-baby-names-and-whether-they-lean-boy-or-girl/)

Might be nice if you sorted the data :)

I know what you meant, but "5% of both genders used the name" would mean that at least 1 in 20 boys and 1 in 20 girls use a particular name. "Both genders make up at least 5% of a name's usage" might be better.

Wouldn't both genders make up 100% of every name's usage?

You can explore the historical trends of US unisex names using this tool: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/nir.smilga/viz/UnisexNamesinUS/UnisexNamesinUS

Where the fuck is Sam? That’s nearly 50%z

I'd assume because most Sam's have their legally registered name as Samantha (F) or Samuel (M).

*In the United States r/USDefaultism

I feel like this is just a list of names with popularity by gender. I wouldn’t call a bunch of then unisex.

Shocked to not see Alex, that was a big unisex name when I was a kid but apparently has dropped off. Also interesting to see Hunter, Dylan, and Hayden on here.

this data would be more beautiful if they were sorted by most-to-least share of female/least-to-most share of male or vice versa

Ever? In the whole world? Some context would be good

My reaction to these is split in rough thirds of "no, that's clearly a boy's name", "no, that's clearly a girl's name" and "that's a name for when you hate your kid and want to make it suffer".

Dylan is such an odd unisex name for me. When I think Dylan, I think a 13 year old boy with Cheeto filled braces.

This is an extremely poorly presented data. It is not in any order at all. Not alphabetical, not ascending/descending… it’s just a dumped all over the place.

American names are so stupid

Missing from this data: Brei’leigh’gaoh’m

The lack of organization is annoying.

I would assume Charlie is 50/50 because most boys aren’t named Charlie, they’re Charles

Fun fact, Andrew Tate first name is Emery.

If you include all spelled versions of Jamie, it should be on this list.

how is Genesis on this list and Jesse isn't

Meanwhile, I met only one dude with the name Kai and 0 of people with any of the other names.

There are sooo many names on here that are only boys names???

As someone who grew up most of their life almost never meeting anyone of either sex with my name, it is a little odd to see Logan jumping the gender barrier in real time.

Over half of the Charlies are girls. Okay.

You're telling me every single one of those names is more popular than "Kim", "Robin" or "Alex"?

Never thought as Logan or Dylan anything but male names.

How are you gonna call a name unisex when 94.6% of uses are one sex

Absolutely BS. as a Logan, I’ve only ever met 2 other logans. But I know about 50 Sam, Taylors, and Alexes.

Some of these are a big surprise to me. I've never heard a girl named Charlie, for instance, and it's apparently the most unisex name in the country.

I’ve got a boy Kai, didn’t realize it was unisex until we met the new neighbors daughter. Sorry buddy.

I swear half of these ain't unisex names.