US boy names that became girl names and vice versa

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by graemep on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:43PM (#50342545)

Hilary is a boys name that became a girls name. It is also a surname (although the latter usually has a double L).

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by gregates on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:31PM (#50345725)

Hilary is an interesting case because, in the data the article is looking at, there are only 5 total years where there were more M Hilarys than Fs: 1936-1941. And even in 1936 the M:F Ratio was only 28:9 (that's not a reduced fraction; the total count was 37). If it's true that Hilary was once a popular boys name, the evidence for that claim is not in the SSA data.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by graemep on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:18AM (#50349413)

I think that data only goes back to 1936? its too recent.

It may also have been more popular in the UK than the US.

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