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The name Jordan continues to be America's
favorite unisex baby name, based on an analysis of the most
recent statistics, for the year 2007. While Jordan's popularity
ranking as a girls' name slipped slightly, to # 100, it is
still the only name in America to be a top 100 choice for
both boys and girls. (It is # 45 in popularity among boys).
Meanwhile, four new names became unisex
baby names since our last review
two years ago: Emery, Jaylen,
Kamryn, and Lyric.
On the other hand, nine names have shed
their unisex
status. Campbell, Guadalupe, Kennedy, Shannon, and Shea are
now all primarily female names, while Drew, Ashton, Devon,
and Devin have become solidly male.
The downward overall trend
in unisex, or
androgynous names, observed
since 1995,
continues. As
of 2007, a total
of 59 names out
of the top 1000 U.S. names are unisex. (In our definition,
a baby name is unisex if it shows up for both boys and girls
in the top 1000). This represents a net decline of five names
since 2005, when the top 1000 list included 64 unisex names.
This decline continues a decade-long shrinking, from 1995
to 2005, when there was a drop of more than 20% in the number
of androgynous baby names.
The top
ten American
unisex baby names
are largely unchanged
from 2005,
with Jaden slipping
to # 11, while
Hayden, powered
by a surge in
popularity among
girls, becomes
the seventh most-popular
unisex name.
An interesting aspect of unisex baby names
is the effect of variant spellings. Frequently, the exact
variant spelling of a
name determines
whether it is a unisex name or not. For example, Reese is
a unisex name, but its variant spelling, Reece, is clearly
male. Bailey is a unisex name, while Baylee is strictly female.
Ariel is unisex, but Arielle is female. However, this is not
always the case -- the names Riley and Rylee are both unisex
names.
The name Jayden is the androgynous name
with the largest number of unisex variants, including Jaden,
Jadyn, Jaiden, and Jaidyn.
The following table provides the
latest unisex
baby names in the United States as of the year 2007 -- a total
of 59 names, including 47 names that are unique, and 12 variant
spellings.
2007
Unisex Baby Names
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