Some unisex baby names start as female choices and shift over time to become more boyish, but many more begin as all-boy names and over the decades cross to the girls’ side.
The baby names here are extreme cases. Most started life, back when the US government began recording babies’ names, as 100% male choices, and now have become mostly girls’ names.
While we were tempted to narrow the field to only those dozen names that went from 100% male to 100% female, the entire list proved just too interesting to cut.
The baby names that have morphed from blue to pink – and when they made their big switch – include:
Addison
100% male in 1880, 98% female in 2012
Jumped to 55% female in 1996
Alexis
100% male in 1882, 77% female in 2012
In 1942, Alexis leaped to 69% female from 42%
Allison
100% male in 1880, 100% female in 2012
From 1942-1948 it jumped from 52% to 80% female
Ashley
100% male in 1880, 100% female in 2012
Crossed the line in 1965 to become 64% female
Aubrey
100% male in 1880, 98% female in 2012
In 1974, tipped to 52% female
Avery
100% male in 1880, 81% female in 2012
Became 52% female in 1999
Bailey
100% male in 1880, 97% female in 2012
Began its rise in 1980 when it was 64% female
Beverly
100% male in 1880, 100% female in 2012
While Beverly started out in the US statistics as all boy, it quickly moved to the female side, becoming 55% girls by 1898.
Billie
100% male in 1880, 88% female in 2012
As early as 1890, this was 55% female
Blair
100% male in 1881, 83% female in 2012
Shift began in 1981 at 57% female
Brook
100% male in 1915, 87% female in 2012
In 1972, rose to 60% female, influenced by the more feminine Brooke
Cassidy
100% male in 1968, 96% female in 2012
In 1972, Cassidy became 59% female
Charley
100% male in 1880, 87% female in 2012
The balanced tipped in 1987 when Charley became 51% female
Dana
100% male in 1880, 92% female in 2012
In 1955 Dana became 50% female
Darcy
100% male in 1915, 94% female in 2012
Became mostly a girls’ name in 1941, at 60%
Diamond
100% male in 1897, 95% female in 2012
Though it was used as a female name early on, the continual increase began in 1976 at 57%.
Emery
100% male in 1880, 80% female in 2012
In 1996, Emery was 50/50
Gale
100% male in 1883, 100% female in 2012
Gale crossed the 50% mark in 1939
Hadley
100% male in 1906, 98% female in 2012
Hadley shifted to being a majority girls’ name consistently in 1969
Harper
100% male in 1881, 95% female in 2012
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Harper’s gender identity kept shifting but it tipped toward the girls’ side consistently starting in 1991.
Haven
100% male in 1899, 82% female in 2012
The scales tipped in 1980 at 51% female
Hilary
100% male in 1882, 100% female in 2012
In 1944, Hilary crossed the gender line toward the girls’ side for good
Kelley
100% male in 1882, 75% female in 2012
1954 marked Kelley’s crossing to the girls’ side
Kelsey
100% male in 1891, 98% female in 2012
Kelsey’s gender identity kept shifting throughout the 1950s and 1960s, but in the early 70s it crossed permanently to the girls’ side.
Kendall
100% male in 1906, 86% female in 2012
Kendall and Kendal were mostly male names until the 1980s, when they began veering into female territory, tipping permanently in the early 1990s.
Skylar
100% male in 1959, 88% female in 2012
In 1994, Skylar crossed to 52% female. The Skyler spelling has never been maority female.
Stacy
100% male in 1880, 91% female in 2012
Stacey crossed the gender line permanently in 1952.
Stevie
100% male in 1919, 83% female in 2012
Rocker Stevie Nicks tipped this name to the girls’ side in 1983
Sydney
100% male in 1880, 98% female in 2012
Sydney began to be used significantly for girls in the 1930s and crossed the halfway line permanently in the early 1940s.
Taylor
100% male in 1881, 85% female in 2012
1990 was the year Taylor became 52% female
Whitney
100% male in 1884, 99% female in 2012
Whitney crossed the line in 1962, when it jumped from 41% to 72% female.
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