US boy names that became girl names and vice versa

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by neutronicus on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:39PM (#50340470)

I'm gonna credit George RR Martin with flipping Arya in the mid '90s

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by trelane on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:06PM (#50341937)

Ah, back when he still wrote.

Not that I'm bitter or anything

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by gregates on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:29PM (#50345691)

Except it didn't "flip" until 2004. It was also was never really a boys name. In 1990 there were 30 M Aryas and 6 Fs. Prior to 1982 it doesn't occur at all in the SSA data. The very first year that there were more than 100 Aryas total (2002), there were 54 Fs and 79 Ms.

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