Unisex names in decline? WDYT?

I saw this article yesterday.





http://www.babynamesgarden.com/unisexbab...





"n 1995 in the United States, 77 names ranked in the Top 1000 in popularity for both boys and girls, according to baby name data from the Social Security Administration. Of those 77 unisex baby names, 67 were “unique,” while 10 were variants, such as Devon, Devin, or Devan.





By 2005, the number of unisex, or androgynous, names appearing on male and female Top 1000 lists had shrunk to 64, including 53 unique names. That’s a drop of about 20% in unisex names over the decade.





The drop is surprising for a couple of reasons. For one thing, people often assume that as more “made-up” names (such as Rylee) enter the language, or as more “placenames” become baby names (think Dakota), more of these names are unisex. That may be true, but there simply aren’t that many “made-up” unisex names in the Top 1000, for either 1995 or 2005.





What did change between 1995 and 2005 were the names themselves. Of the 77 unisex names in 1995, fully 50% (38 names) lost their unisex identity by 2005. Discounting those situations where both names fell out of favor, the name more often moved to the male side of the table rather than the female, contrary to conventional wisdom about unisex names. "





What really surprised me is this last bit above - i.e. about males winning back names, which also seems contrary to what people generally say or assume.





WDYT?

Unisex names in decline? WDYT?
I'm surprised, too, by the trend away from unisex names, but after 30 years of unisex names, maybe young parents are again looking for something different. The current trend toward old-fashioned girls' names such as Sophia, Ava, Emma, Madeline and Isabella gives parents some "new" names that are graceful and feminine for their daughters. Women have more equal opportunities now than they did 30 years ago when parents might have felt that a "stronger" unisex or more masculine name might give them an advantage in the business/professional world.
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