Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 23:13     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It would be helpful to say a little about your social world. Otherwise these names don't mean anything.

I'll start: white, UMC, mid-30s. Names of recent babies in my circle are Mia, Eleanor, Margot, Emma, Elijah, and Leo (multiple boys, one girl).


These girls named things like Leo, Mason, Noah, Theo, etc. all have parents who think they've figured out some end run around misogyny but are are really playing right into it. These girls will either come to dislike these names or will internalize the message that they aren't like the other girls -- they are at the "cool girls."


STRONG AGREE! My daughter has a friend named Kevyn (pronounced the same as Kevin) that is in her 20s. I’m assuming that she hates her name because she exclusively goes by KC (her first and middle initial). I had no idea that Kevyn was her legal name until my daughter brought it up one day. I thought her name was Casey because I had only heard it and never saw it written down. The sad part is that this family also has a son, so I’m not quite sure why they didn’t just name him Kevin. They also have another daughter with a feminine first name.


I can’t understand why someone would do this to their daughter. You never see parents naming their sons Margaret (or any other extremely feminine names). Parents of boys (99.9% of the time) stick to masculine and actual unisex names.

Before someone quotes me and tries to argue, names like Ashley, Kelly, Meredith, etc. do not count. Those names were originally solely masculine names that became unisex/feminine over time. They’re occasionally (but rarely) still used by parents of boys because they have a history of being used on boys.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 22:51     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It would be helpful to say a little about your social world. Otherwise these names don't mean anything.

I'll start: white, UMC, mid-30s. Names of recent babies in my circle are Mia, Eleanor, Margot, Emma, Elijah, and Leo (multiple boys, one girl).


These girls named things like Leo, Mason, Noah, Theo, etc. all have parents who think they've figured out some end run around misogyny but are are really playing right into it. These girls will either come to dislike these names or will internalize the message that they aren't like the other girls -- they are at the "cool girls."


STRONG AGREE! My daughter has a friend named Kevyn (pronounced the same as Kevin) that is in her 20s. I’m assuming that she hates her name because she exclusively goes by KC (her first and middle initial). I had no idea that Kevyn was her legal name until my daughter brought it up one day. I thought her name was Casey because I had only heard it and never saw it written down. The sad part is that this family also has a son, so I’m not quite sure why they didn’t just name him Kevin. They also have another daughter with a feminine first name.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 11:41     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think we’re way past the peak era of “boy names on girls.” There are some still hanging in there (Charlie, Blake, Emerson still ranked high) but I think of that phenomenon as a 90s-pre Covid 2020s thing. People seem to love the super fanciful princessy names for girls these days.


I think around 2020 is when it started to dawn on people that trying to make little girls masculine was actually maybe a very anti-feminist thing. Obviously if a girl doesn't want to be feminine or perform femininity for others, she should absolutely be allowed to. I'm actually pretty androgynous most of the time. But there was this phase that a lot of Gen X and older Millennial parents went through where it was like they wouldn't let their girls be feminine even if the wanted to. Like "no, your name is Finn, you are sporty, your favorite color is green, and you want to be an engineer." And if that girl wanted to wear pink dresses or liked princesses or wanted to be a ballerina, that was wrong and bad.

I had a DD in 2016 and about half of the parents I encountered were like that. And the other half, which I belong to, was like "uh, what's wrong with pink and dresses and playing with baby dolls and liking stereotypically feminine things? why are those things bad and stuff you associate more with boys good?" Because that's actually a lot of internalized misogyny to decide a stylistic choice or interest is bad just because it's associated with women, right?

And now 10 years later it's more like 20% of parents I meet who still think girls liking feminine things is terrible, and most people have figured out that it's okay if your DD has a feminine name and loves pink and wears tutus for fun. She can do all that and still be a worthwhile person, there's nothing inhebtly better about masculinity.

But it's been a real journey over the years and I've heard a lot of supposedly feminist people say bizarrely critical things about femininity. People brains really broke a little there for a while.

End of rant, this is just something I have encountered a lot and it drives me crazy.


This is a white person thing. Where I live more than half the kids are now Hispanic and they are all about traditional gender roles. The juxtaposition is pretty funny when you get parents talking. I remember at preschool drop-off one white dad was bragging "Joey loves STEM and we got her a telescope for Christmas, she's definitely going to be an engineer." And Hispanic dad just looked at him like he was crazy and said "Isabella loves cooking and cleaning with Mama."
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 11:34     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
William
Madison
Amari
Patrick
Stella
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 00:38     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:I think we’re way past the peak era of “boy names on girls.” There are some still hanging in there (Charlie, Blake, Emerson still ranked high) but I think of that phenomenon as a 90s-pre Covid 2020s thing. People seem to love the super fanciful princessy names for girls these days.


I think around 2020 is when it started to dawn on people that trying to make little girls masculine was actually maybe a very anti-feminist thing. Obviously if a girl doesn't want to be feminine or perform femininity for others, she should absolutely be allowed to. I'm actually pretty androgynous most of the time. But there was this phase that a lot of Gen X and older Millennial parents went through where it was like they wouldn't let their girls be feminine even if the wanted to. Like "no, your name is Finn, you are sporty, your favorite color is green, and you want to be an engineer." And if that girl wanted to wear pink dresses or liked princesses or wanted to be a ballerina, that was wrong and bad.

I had a DD in 2016 and about half of the parents I encountered were like that. And the other half, which I belong to, was like "uh, what's wrong with pink and dresses and playing with baby dolls and liking stereotypically feminine things? why are those things bad and stuff you associate more with boys good?" Because that's actually a lot of internalized misogyny to decide a stylistic choice or interest is bad just because it's associated with women, right?

And now 10 years later it's more like 20% of parents I meet who still think girls liking feminine things is terrible, and most people have figured out that it's okay if your DD has a feminine name and loves pink and wears tutus for fun. She can do all that and still be a worthwhile person, there's nothing inhebtly better about masculinity.

But it's been a real journey over the years and I've heard a lot of supposedly feminist people say bizarrely critical things about femininity. People brains really broke a little there for a while.

End of rant, this is just something I have encountered a lot and it drives me crazy.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 00:12     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:Two Emmys (born at similar times about two years ago). One Louis.


My daughter is Emme (12)

Recent baby in my circle is Evangeline (Evie.)
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2026 23:42     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Tate (newborn girl) — not in the DC area
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2026 21:40     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
I think we’re way past the peak era of “boy names on girls.” There are some still hanging in there (Charlie, Blake, Emerson still ranked high) but I think of that phenomenon as a 90s-pre Covid 2020s thing. People seem to love the super fanciful princessy names for girls these days.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2026 21:06     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It would be helpful to say a little about your social world. Otherwise these names don't mean anything.

I'll start: white, UMC, mid-30s. Names of recent babies in my circle are Mia, Eleanor, Margot, Emma, Elijah, and Leo (multiple boys, one girl).


These girls named things like Leo, Mason, Noah, Theo, etc. all have parents who think they've figured out some end run around misogyny but are are really playing right into it. These girls will either come to dislike these names or will internalize the message that they aren't like the other girls -- they are at the "cool girls."


Noa (no h) actually is a girls name - Jewish/Israeli. But agree on the rest. The worst I ever saw on here was James for a girl.


There’s an actress/model named Jaime King who sometimes went by James early in her modeling career. She’s connected to Taylor Swift and that whole group of people.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 16:59     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It would be helpful to say a little about your social world. Otherwise these names don't mean anything.

I'll start: white, UMC, mid-30s. Names of recent babies in my circle are Mia, Eleanor, Margot, Emma, Elijah, and Leo (multiple boys, one girl).


These girls named things like Leo, Mason, Noah, Theo, etc. all have parents who think they've figured out some end run around misogyny but are are really playing right into it. These girls will either come to dislike these names or will internalize the message that they aren't like the other girls -- they are at the "cool girls."


Noa (no h) actually is a girls name - Jewish/Israeli. But agree on the rest. The worst I ever saw on here was James for a girl.
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2025 16:56     Subject: Re:What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:Haigen

Hadley

First one sounds made up to me. The second one perhaps as well. But what do I know? Maybe they are classics making a comeback?


Is Hagen German Irish?
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2025 16:51     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:It would be helpful to say a little about your social world. Otherwise these names don't mean anything.

I'll start: white, UMC, mid-30s. Names of recent babies in my circle are Mia, Eleanor, Margot, Emma, Elijah, and Leo (multiple boys, one girl).


These girls named things like Leo, Mason, Noah, Theo, etc. all have parents who think they've figured out some end run around misogyny but are are really playing right into it. These girls will either come to dislike these names or will internalize the message that they aren't like the other girls -- they are at the "cool girls."
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2025 16:32     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
It would be helpful to say a little about your social world. Otherwise these names don't mean anything.

I'll start: white, UMC, mid-30s. Names of recent babies in my circle are Mia, Eleanor, Margot, Emma, Elijah, and Leo (multiple boys, one girl).
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2025 15:09     Subject: Re:What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Devika
Ketaki

Are we all going back to normal names?
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2025 15:02     Subject: What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Charles
Mark
Greg


Welcome to the late 70s. None of these names have made a resurgence.


I think that pp didn’t understand the assignment lol and listed the names of their own kids, born in 1968, 1970, and 1973.