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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is interesting. Both of my Gen-Z cousins who have had kids went the gender neutral name route. Their kids are [b]Taylor, Emerson, Sage, Finley, and Evers[/b].

I may be in the minority, but I like "older" sounding names like Dorothy, Daisy, Janet, etc. for girls.

I'm 45 and named my oldest Maeve 20 years ago. [/quote]

None of those names read as neutral to me. They are all girl names as in I know girls with all those names (except Evers).[/quote]

Those names read very neutral to me.  My son’s preschool class has a boy named Taylor and another boy named Emerson.  I don’t know any Evers but my kid’s school is filled with Everests, Everleys, and Averys of both sexes. [/quote]

Some of the names start as boy names then get co-opted as girl names. Like Taylor. Taylor Swift ring a bell? Emerson was #155 for girls and #267 for boys according to SSN in 2020.  Avery was #19 for girls, but only #212 for boys.  Taylor was #161 for girls, #597 for boys. These are all much more popular for girls than boys which is why they read as girl, it's not a coincidence. As soon as girls start getting the name the popularity falls off for boys.[/quote]

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