Female names used for boys In the past

The last year names we now know as feminine and the feminine spelling was on the boy’s list 1901-2013

Some of these are traditional female names. Some are masculine/unisex turned feminine. Many were traditionally masculine.

1901

[name_f]Hester[/name_f] - #995

1902

[name_f]Lola[/name_f] - #987

1903

[name_f]May[/name_f] - #981

1905

[name_f]Ella[/name_f] - #802

1906

[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] - #974

1908

[name_f]Julia[/name_f] - #917

1909

[name_f]Eva[/name_f] - #641

[name_f]Mae[/name_f] - #909

[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] - #933

1910

[name_f]Emma[/name_f] - #738

[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] - #860

[name_f]Clara[/name_f] - #878

[name_f]Bessie[/name_f] - #936

1911

[name_f]Elsie[/name_f] - #870

[name_f]Opal[/name_f] - #885

[name_f]Ida[/name_f] - #912

[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] - #913

[name_f]Esther[/name_f] - #944

1912

[name_f]Edna[/name_f] - #945

1913

[name_f]Thelma[/name_f] - #929

1914

[name_u]Florence[/name_u] - #859

[name_f]Gladys[/name_f] - #975

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] - #979

1926

[name_u]Marie[/name_u] - #911

1928

[name_f]Ethel[/name_f] - #995

1930

[name_f]Anna[/name_f] - #929

[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] - #961

1933

[name_u]Vivian[/name_u] - #923

[name_f]Mildred[/name_f] - #974

1935

[name_f]Dolores[/name_f] - #834

[name_u]Ivy[/name_u] - #974

1936

[name_f]Claire[/name_f] - #992

[name_u]Louise[/name_u] - #889

1937

[name_f]Annie[/name_f] - #907

[name_u]Rose[/name_u] - #979

[name_f]Alice[/name_f] - #982

1939

[name_f]Pearl[/name_f] - #882

[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] - #884

[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] - #890

[name_u]June[/name_u] - #939

1940

[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] - #948

[name_u]Hazel[/name_u] - #974

1941

[name_f]Helen[/name_f] - #911

[name_f]Martha[/name_f] - #969

[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] - #986

1942

[name_f]Doris[/name_f] - #868

[name_f]Bernice[/name_f] - #923

[name_f]Lois[/name_f] - #926

1943

[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] - #853

1945

[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] - #864

1946

[name_u]Joyce[/name_u] - #873

[name_u]Allison[/name_u] - #967

[name_f]Betty[/name_f] - #982

1947

[name_f]Frances[/name_f] - #926

1949

[name_u]Patsy[/name_u] - #954

1953

[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f] - #897

1954

[name_u]Beverly[/name_u] - #894

[name_u]Meredith[/name_u] - #961

1957

[name_u]Shirley[/name_u] - #970

1963

[name_f]Barbara[/name_f] - #937

[name_u]Connie[/name_u] - #948

1965

[name_u]Carol[/name_u] - #988

1968

[name_u]Lacy[/name_u] - #876

1971

[name_f]Laura[/name_f] - #993

1972

[name_f]Mary[/name_f] - #932

1975

[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] - #983

1980

[name_u]Brook[/name_u] - #937

1981

[name_u]Carmen[/name_u] - #851

[name_u]Sandy[/name_u] - #918

1984

[name_u]Billie[/name_u] - #993

1985

[name_u]Lindsay[/name_u] - #989

1988

[name_u]Whitney[/name_u] - #895

1989

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] - #848

[name_u]Lauren[/name_u] - #873

[name_u]Maria[/name_u] - #972

1991

[name_f]Jessica[/name_f] - #969

1993

[name_u]Stacy[/name_u] - #956

1994

[name_u]Ashley[/name_u] - #958

1996

[name_u]Sydney[/name_u] - #984

1997

[name_u]Leslie[/name_u] - #881

[name_u]Dana[/name_u] - #906

[name_u]Marion[/name_u] - #991

1999

[name_u]Tracy[/name_u] - #808

[name_u]Shelby[/name_u] - #886

2000

[name_u]Paris[/name_u] - #815

2001

[name_u]Courtney[/name_u] - #896

[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u] - #914

2002

[name_u]Kelly[/name_u] - #884

[name_u]Aubrey[/name_u] - #929

2004

[name_u]Madison[/name_u] - #859

2006

[name_u]Shannon[/name_u] - #979

2013

[name_u]Sidney[/name_u] - #984

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[name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any idea how many times these names were actually used on boys?

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I recall reading that [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] was sometimes used by Italian-Americans in the 20th century as an Anglicised form of the Italian male name [name_u]Carmine[/name_u].

But for some of the other names (e.g. Jessica) – I’d expect those were girls who were misrecorded as boys on a form.

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I actually love the idea of [name_u]Ivy[/name_u] on a boy!!

I’ve always found this quite interesting (and charming). I know author [name_m]Zane[/name_m] [name_u]Grey[/name_u] was born [name_f]Pearl[/name_f].