Will it become trendy for girls?

Boy Names
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One of our top boys names is [name_u]Carson[/name_u]. Given the tendency for surname-names to become trendy as girl’s names, what do you think the chances are that [name_u]Carson[/name_u] (or [name_u]Karson[/name_u], [name_f]Karsyn[/name_f], etc.) will become more of a girl’s name or even 50/50 in the next 5-10 years? I’d hate to give my son a name that suddenly became associated with girls.

EDIT: Relevant Stats from 2014
Carson 4580 M, 173 F = 458:17 = 96% Male
Carsen 204 M, 27 F = 68:9 = 88% Male
Carsyn 99 M, 167 F = 10:17, 63% Female
Karson 1028 M, 53 F = 103:5 = 95% Male
Karsen 194 M, 57 F = 39:11 = 77% Male
Karsyn 108 M, 433 F = 11:43 = 80% Female
Karsynn 0 M, 32 F = 0:32 = 100% Female

[name_f]LARK[/name_f]

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I’d say you’re worrying about nothing. [name_u]Carson[/name_u] is #91 for boys. I’ve compared it to [name_u]Karson[/name_u] and [name_f]Karsyn[/name_f] so you can see.

But even if [name_u]Carson[/name_u] were on the rise for girls, there’s nothing negative about a name being partly associated with girls because girls aren’t inferior.

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It’s not that I think girls are inferior, but rather that I wouldn’t want my son being mistaken for a girl on a regular basis, just like I don’t want my daughter being mistaken for a boy regularly. I simply don’t want them to have to deal with that their entire life. [name_m]Even[/name_m] more so because we’re expecting boy-girl twins and I don’t want to have to constantly answer the question of which is the boy and which is the girl.

[name_f]LARK[/name_f]

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[name_u]Carson[/name_u] has actually been trending downward for females with only 3% of children named [name_u]Carson[/name_u] being female in 2013 as opposed to 21% in 1993 (which I think was the highest percentage it ever reached). I don’t think [name_u]Carson[/name_u] will be overtaken by girls any time soon.

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Adding up all the spellings, that’s 6213 boys and 942 girls. So it’s 13% girl. That is really not a lot at all.

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[name_u]Carson[/name_u] is a boy’s name. Give your daughter a girl’s name and there won’t be confusion as to which is which.

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The concern is that, while [name_u]Carson[/name_u] (and variations) appears to have peaked in 2010 for boys, it was highest for girls in 2014 ([name_f]Karsyn[/name_f] being the most popular female variation). Yup, I ran all the data from 1990-now. I’m just a nerd like that. :stuck_out_tongue: So the question is, will [name_f]Karsyn[/name_f] et al. continue to rise for girls and make it a truly unisex name or not? Gotta love trying to predict the future…

[name_f]LARK[/name_f]

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My niece’s name is [name_u]Carson[/name_u]. She’s 8. While I will admit that I’m really not a fan of her name and I prefer it on boys, I do think of it as unisex. However, I think @ashthedreamer makes a good point about it being only 13% girl!

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I don’t see this one going any further on the girls side than it already has. I’m kind of surprised people are using it for girls at all! But that could just be because I know a male [name_u]Carson[/name_u] who is very very masculine, so I don’t really associate the name with anything feminine.

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I’ve heard it on two girls. I think it’s firmly a boys name.

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[name_u]Carson[/name_u] will stay mostly male, I think.