Pattern of women adopting traditionally male names noted while reverse rarely occurs
4 Nov 2 1:34 PM · 9d ago · 6 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 6
Commenters observe an asymmetry in naming trends: cases where women adopt traditionally male names appear common across the timeframe, but men adopting traditionally female names happen at a notably lower rate and scale.
“It seems there are lots of cases across the board where "women adopt traditionally male thing" has become the norm in this timeframe but not many where "men adopt traditionally female thing" at quite the same rate or scale.”
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I have no data but feel that boys tend to get the family names and biblical names (in US anyways). It's rare to hear of a girl named Elizabeth III or Mary Junior but quite common for those concepts in boys. So I think the boy names are heavily weighted on probably the most popular ~25 or so names. Since girl names are more free to follow whatever…
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> This is consistent with the observation that girl's names are more dynamic.Interesting, I wonder what causes this? In the US, is more common to name the first son after the father. Given this data comes from US social security information, that definitely has an impact.
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It seems there are lots of cases across the board where "women adopt traditionally male thing" has become the norm in this timeframe but not many where "men adopt traditionally female thing" at quite the same rate or scale.
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Most interesting thing that stands out to me is the number of names that appear to be what I would consider an abbreviation of a more traditional name.e.g. “Pat” is cited, but doesn’t specify whether that refers to Patricia or Patrick.
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I'm surprised Ryan wasn't on the list. Traditionally a boys name, but I know at least 3 women named Ryan. Maybe it hasn't reached a tipping point yet.
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I've noticed more girls are being named Parker these days. My 1yo son is named Parker. He's holding the line.
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