US boy names that became girl names and vice versa

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by BeetleB on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:25PM (#50341246)

Weird comment, given that it was, not long ago, a common name for a male.

I'd wager if it weren't for Clinton, most people would still associate it with men.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by zahlman on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:32PM (#50341351)

How "not long ago" are you thinking of? Clinton was first a major figure in the 90s (and we also had https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fresh_Prince_of_Bel-Air ). And Clinton herself is from the baby boom generation; what male Hil(l)arys from that cohort do you have in mind?

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by zamadatix on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:40PM (#50341475)

Looks like it flipped in ~the 40s, by the ~60s had become rarer as a male name, and was pretty much a flop as a male name after the ~80s. So Clinton was born just when it started to take off for females (and in general - it was never as common as a male name) and there should have been in the same ballpark as as many male "Hilary"s of the same age.

https://namedaisy.com/us/name/Hilary

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by aidenn0 on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:53PM (#50347849)

The male number does go to zero the year that Clinton became first lady.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by ks2048 on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:01PM (#50342826)

Hilary Putnam (famous male philosopher) was born in 1926. I imagine soon after this generation is flipped.

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