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Visualizing the most common unisex names in the US

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aaronjbecker
·2 месяца назад·discuss
interactive data toy to compare state and regional baby name popularity
aaronjbecker
·2 месяца назад·discuss
the measurably whitest names according to the 2020 US Census
aaronjbecker
·5 месяцев назад·discuss
you can change start year, %male/female threshold, # names, and also view results combined by pronunciation (e.g. Jordan + Jordyn etc.)
aaronjbecker
·5 месяцев назад·discuss
algorithmically grouped, vote on pronunciations here: https://nameplay.org/tools/refinement/Kayden
aaronjbecker
·5 месяцев назад·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 месяцев назад·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 месяцев назад·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 месяцев назад·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 месяцев назад·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 месяцев назад·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...