The Most Popular Gender-Neutral Baby Names in Every State

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Gender neutral baby names have always been popular. For many many years there have been interchangeable names that can be used for boys and girls. But did you know that each state have popular gender neutral baby names? It’s true! Each state has a gender neutral baby name that is very popular in their state! Let’s look at them!

USA gray and green map of gender neutral baby names since 1910 on white background — Did you know every state has had gender neutral baby names since before the 1900s?

Gender Neutral Baby Names In Every State

We know a thing or two about baby names but we just learned that there is an entire list of The Most Popular Gender-Neutral Baby Names in Every State and we just had to share it with you all!

Our friends at NetCredit gathered data and put together a quite impressive list of The Most Popular Gender-Neutral Baby Names in Every State over the last 100 years!

“Nearly 70,000 babies were given gender-neutral names in 2015. This is an increase of 60% over the preceding decade and an 88% rise since 1985. Today, gender-specific names may dominate the ‘Top Ten Names’ lists, but gender-neutral names are more broadly represented overall. In 2018, the traditionally boys’ name Harper pushed Abigail out of the top 10 girls’ names for the first time in 17 years.”

Map of Gender neutral names in 2018 with usa map gray and blue on white background — Some of these names are super cute!

Map Of Gender Neutral Baby Names Over 100 Years

The map below shows the most popular unisex name in each state over the past 100+ years. Blank spaces indicate that there was no data available for that state in that year. For the purposes of our study, they determined a gender-neutral name to be one given to at least 20% and at most 80% of each sex.

The winning baby names included; Casey, Riley and Jessie as the most common gender-neutral names in most states in most years since 1910. Casey was the most popular name on 414 occasions. WOAH that is a lot of Casey’s!

Gender neutral names from 1910 on USA map with green and gray with white background — It’s cool to see names that are popular across multiple states.

List Of Gender Neutral Names

Overall, there are names that have appeared many times throughout the past 100 years and these names include:

Angel
Billie
Bobbie
Carmen
Casey
Claire
Cleo
Cruz
Faye
Francis
Jackie
Jamie
Jean
Jessie
Kelly
Kim
Johnnie
Laverne
Lee
Leslie
Lynn
Marion
Merele
Payton/Peyton
Ronnie
Skylar
Taylor
Terry
Ray
Riley
Willie

Gender neutral baby names on the USA Map on a white background — Each state has its own popular gender neutral baby names.

You might be wondering why you’d choose a gender-neutral name over a traditional female or male name and NetCredit has a great explanation for that saying:

Choosing a name for your child is a creative act that will influence their life in ways it is impossible to predict. But looking for a unisex name is a good way to avoid creating unintentional preconceptions for your young human.

Avoiding traditional boy and girl names opens up a whole new world of options and gives your kid a unique start as they begin to develop their sense of identity. Which gender-neutral names do you like?

The Most Popular Gender-Neutral Baby Names

Gender neutral baby names- Baby smiling on a furry rug on a white — There are popular gender neutral names that didn’t make the list.

From A to W we gathered names that have been popular over the last 100 years. That’s crazy to think even 100 years ago they were using gender neutral names! I have family that also have gender neutral names that didn’t make the list, and I’m sure you do too. Some of the names that didn’t make the list are: