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Visualizing the most common unisex names in the US

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aaronjbecker
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
interactive data toy to compare state and regional baby name popularity
aaronjbecker
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
the measurably whitest names according to the 2020 US Census
aaronjbecker
·5 miesięcy temu·discuss
you can change start year, %male/female threshold, # names, and also view results combined by pronunciation (e.g. Jordan + Jordyn etc.)
aaronjbecker
·5 miesięcy temu·discuss
algorithmically grouped, vote on pronunciations here: https://nameplay.org/tools/refinement/Kayden
aaronjbecker
·5 miesięcy temu·discuss
Grouped by pronunciation. Each of these 152 spellings was given to at least 5 baby girls in a single year. Makayla is actually the most popular spelling overall.
aaronjbecker
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
Written about a year ago-- but I've seen both D2 and Mermaid on HN today so I figured I'd share.
aaronjbecker
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
Yeah there are a few names that become "unisex" only in the aggregate, with differently gendered usage across cultures-- Alexis is another I can think of, it's a girls' name in the US but a boys' name in most other countries.
aaronjbecker
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
I have a follow-up post that covers "common" unisex names, which I arbitrarily defined as names with at least 25k births for both sexes. This one does have more of the names you were probably expecting to see: https://nameplay.org/blog/common-unisex-names-by-gender-rati...

The ranking for the linked post is based on a diversity index, which scores most highly for names closest to an exact 50-50 split. Hence framing it as the "most non-binary" of the unisex names. Admittedly this is more a statistical curiosity than a reflection of everyday life.
aaronjbecker
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
I have been working on an algorithm to combine names with pronunciations that overlap, based on ARPAbet phoneme representations from CMU dict + generated by LLMs. The data is still messy, because "creative" spellings are hard for LLMs to deal with: token overlap with primary names is frequently low, and spelling variations only exist because English has such a lax approach to phonics to begin with.

Here's Ryan with its spelling variations: https://nameplay.org/names/combined/popularity/Ryan
aaronjbecker
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
the data is not only US specific but also focuses on recent naming trends, with the first chart covering 2000-2024. In the US, Ashley has been overwhelmingly female since the late 1960s: https://nameplay.org/names/combined/popularity/Ashley#gender...