I feel like there are extremely few boy names compared to girls! The selection for girls is even further widened by most unisex names and even some boys names being considered girls names. Why is this the case? Why aren’t there more boys names?
I think there are a lot of boys names, but sometimes I wonder if it’s more that people are more willing to go for unusual girls names and play boy names a little safer? I think I do, and I’ve seen it a lot when I’ve been working with kids too. A daughter might be [name_f]Sunshine[/name_f], [name_f]Ellena[/name_f], [name_f]Indie[/name_f], [name_f]Lyra[/name_f] or [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] and their brother be [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m] or [name_u]Noah[/name_u].
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I think, there are more girls names because it’s easier to name a girl a unisex or more masculine name and get away with it, than to give a boy a girls’ name. Mostly because of society (In [name_u]North[/name_u] [name_u]America[/name_u], anyway), masculinity is seen as the superior gender, whereas being feminine is deemed weak, and fragile, and not as worthy (which is complete bs btw). That’s why I think there are so many girl name possibilities. I also think people want to give their daughters a “leg-up” in society by giving them a unisex name like [name_u]Harper[/name_u] or [name_u]Avery[/name_u]. If an employer sees that name on a resume they won’t make an assumption to whether the person is male or female and be biased against the person.
Also, a lot of girls’ names today did start out as male names, take [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] for example. [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] started out as a male name, but is now considered a girls’ name even though it still is technically unisex. Parents don’t want to name their son [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] due to it’s connotations as a girls’ name and they don’t want their son to be bullied or picked on for having a supposedly “female” name.
I can see a lot of male names even today that I think will make their way to the female side such as [name_u]Noah[/name_u], or [name_u]Luca[/name_u], or [name_m]Ezra[/name_m]. I just think people are scared that if they give their son a so-called “female” name they’ll be ostracized by society and picked on.
I was just looking at most popular names in [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] and noted that the most popular boys’ name/s had many many more baby boys named it/ them than the respective ranking baby girls’ names. People do tend to pull girls’ names from a wider pool than boys’.
It’s funny. I feel like there are way more boys then girls names 
not so sure why.
I feel the same way. When I was looking for boy names it seemed like the same lists over and over…I definitely feel like there’s more variety for girls. I also agree with another poster who said some feel more free with girls names. I think boys are judged more for having a unique name. I hate feeling that way, but I think that’s how society is right now. Names are getting more and more unique, but boys are still judged if they are named [name_m]Calix[/name_m] or [name_m]Apollo[/name_m] whereas if a girl is named [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f] or [name_u]Indigo[/name_u] people are accepting. Weird but true.
I don’t think there are really more girl names than boy names. Parents are just more likely to play it safe with a boy’s name.
I agree with the first poster. I think people are more willing to be unique and adventurous when naming girls, but for boys they want more standard names. [name_m]Just[/name_m] like in real life, girls have more freedom to break the gender barrier without too much backlash, whereas boys are gneerally expected to look and act a certain way. I think this probably crosses into naming.
I know what you mean, I feel the same way. I’m deliberately trying to stay away from common male names but I feel like most lists are full of them. I think people tend to play it safe with boy names, as others have mentioned–hopefully that will change in the future. I’ve also noticed that there seems to be an extremely high percentage of male Biblical names on popularity lists, and I deliberately don’t want to use those, which makes options very slim. [name_m]Even[/name_m] some of my favorites have somewhat God related meanings or associations (like [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] and [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]). That’s why I try to stick to nature-related names, like [name_m]Sylvan[/name_m], [name_u]Sage[/name_u], [name_m]Wesley[/name_m], and [name_u]Rowan[/name_u].
There are many, many girl names I adore. Narrowing them down is tough because of how many I love, and there seem to be so many beautiful ones out there. With boy names it’s the opposite. Options seem very limited, there are so few that I like at all, which makes finding one that my partner and I both agree on very difficult! So I’m kinda hoping to have all girls haha.
In history, there was a big trend in naming boys family names, so they repeated a lot more and therefore there was a much smaller pool. There would be 10 [name_m]George[/name_m]’s in a family, but they would have to be much more creative with the girls names. It’s become more diverse recently but it’s still recovering from that.