Unisex Names

Names given to boys and girls in real numbers, not merely in theory. The traffic is almost always one-way — names move from boys to girls and rarely back — so a name that is unisex today usually will not be in twenty years.

Rankings for

203 names, most popular first in the United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

Royal Royal is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Latin regalis — of a king.
Unisex English #476 in US
Noel Noel means Christmas, and its American peak was 2014 — the most recent peak of any name in this group by a wide margin.
Unisex French #478 in US
Camryn Camryn is a unisex name, used mostly for American girls, and it's a modern spelling of Cameron.
Unisex Scottish #478 in US
Saige Saige is a girl's name, also used for some boys, and it's a modern spelling of Sage.
Girl Latin, English #480 in US
Ainsley Ainsley is a name of English and Scottish use, given mainly to girls, from a surname meaning "solitary clearing."
Girl Scottish, English #483 in US
Rowen Rowen is a unisex name with two sources. It is a variant of Rowan, the tree name and the Irish Ó Ruadháin from a word for red; and separately an English dialect word for a second crop of hay cut in the same season.
Unisex Irish #486 in US
Armani Armani is a unisex name of Italian origin, a surname meaning "son of Armanno" — a Germanic name built from elements for army and man.
Unisex Italian #495 in US
Alexis Alexis is a Greek name meaning helper or defender, and it is split by country: a boys' name in France, where it ranks 256th, and majority female in the United States.
Unisex Greek #513 in US
Denver Denver is a unisex name of English origin meaning "the Danes' crossing".
Unisex English #520 in US
Gianni Gianni is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," the Italian short form of Giovanni.
Unisex Italian #523 in US
Marlowe Marlowe is a unisex name from an English surname, usually traced to Marlow in Buckinghamshire.
Unisex English #523 in US
Rio Rio is a name of Spanish and Portuguese origin meaning "river."
Unisex Spanish #532 in US
Frankie Frankie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frenchman."
Unisex Germanic #551 in US
Drew Drew shortens Andrew, meaning manly, and there is a second unrelated Drew from a Germanic word for a ghost or phantom.
Unisex English #554 in US
Lilian Lilian is the most evenly split name in this whole sweep — 46 percent of recorded births are female, because France uses it for boys and the English-speaking markets use it for girls.
Unisex English #561 in US
Sevyn Sevyn is a unisex name of modern American coinage, a respelling of the number seven.
Unisex English #574 in US
Jamie Jamie is a unisex name of Hebrew origin, a Scottish diminutive of James meaning "supplanter" or "holder of the heel."
Unisex Scottish #577 in US
Imani Imani is a girl's name in the United States, also used for boys, meaning "faith" or "belief."
Girl Swahili, Arabic #579 in US
Paris Paris has two unrelated sources — the Trojan prince and the French city — and France barely uses it, ranking the name 7,188th while the United States has it at 592nd and 80 percent female.
Unisex Greek #592 in US
Caiden Caiden is a boy's name with no established etymology, a modern respelling that reference sites trace to an Irish surname it probably has nothing to do with.
Boy uncertain #602 in US
Amiri Amiri is a unisex name of Arabic origin meaning "princely" or "of a commander".
Unisex Arabic #604 in US
Halo Halo is a unisex name taken from the ring of light, whose Greek root halos meant a threshing floor — the circular patch of ground where oxen trod in circles to separate grain.
Unisex Greek #612 in US
Campbell Campbell is a unisex name of Scottish origin meaning "crooked mouth".
Unisex Scottish #617 in US
Memphis Memphis is a unisex name from the ancient Egyptian capital, the Greek form of Men-nefer, "enduring and beautiful."
Unisex Egyptian, Greek #639 in US
Chris Chris shortens two unrelated Greek names — Christopher, which means bearing Christ, and Christine, which means belonging to Christ.
Unisex Greek #646 in US
Quincy Quincy is a unisex name of Norman French origin meaning "estate of Quintus".
Unisex English #652 in US
Jaime Jaime is 41 percent female on record, one of the most divided names on this site — Spanish reads it as James, and English hears it as a spelling of Jamie.
Unisex Spanish #657 in US
Noor Noor is a name of Arabic origin meaning "light."
Girl Arabic #659 in US
Layne Layne is a unisex name meaning "a small road," from the English surname Lane, which described someone living by a narrow path.
Unisex English #662 in US
Legacy Legacy is a unisex American word name meaning "something handed down," from the English noun.
Unisex Latin, English #663 in US
Skyler Skyler is Dutch and means a scholar — it respells Schuyler, a surname carried by one of New York's founding families, and it has nothing to do with the sky despite the spelling.
Unisex Dutch #670 in US
Amani Amani is a unisex name with two main sources.
Unisex Swahili, Arabic #678 in US
Sasha Sasha is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," the Russian familiar form of Alexander.
Unisex Russian #684 in US
Billie Billie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."
Unisex Germanic #693 in US
Robin Robin is a name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."
Unisex Germanic #704 in US
Leslie Leslie is a Scottish place name turned surname turned given name, and it has crossed sexes: about 71 percent of recorded births are female, though the name began firmly male and remains so in Britain.
Unisex Scottish #714 in US
Ocean Ocean is a unisex name taken from the English word, which comes through Latin from the Greek Okeanos — a Titan who was the great river the Greeks believed encircled the whole world, rather than a word for the sea itself.
Unisex Greek #717 in US
Bellamy Bellamy is a unisex name from an English surname, derived from Old French bel ami, "beautiful friend."
Unisex French #721 in US
Sol Sol is a unisex name meaning "sun," from Latin and Spanish sol and Old Norse sól.
Unisex Latin, Spanish, Hebrew #722 in US
Lee Lee is a name from the Old English word for a woodland clearing, and it is one of the most productive elements in English place names — the ending of Ashley, Bradley, Shirley and Beverly.
Unisex English #725 in US
Charley Charley means free man, and it is one of the few mixed names on this site — 39 percent of recorded births are female, and it is rising.
Unisex English #763 in US
Romi Romi is a unisex name with no single source, arriving separately from Hebrew, Japanese and European naming, where it serves as a short form of Romy and Romina.
Unisex uncertain #817 in US
Jessie Jessie is a name that arrives from two unrelated directions — the Scottish pet form of Janet, and a feminine of the Hebrew Jesse.
Unisex Scottish #823 in US
Kelly Kelly is a name from the Irish surname Ó Ceallaigh, borne almost entirely by men for most of its history and now 86 percent female on record.
Unisex Irish #851 in US
Darcy Darcy is a name of Norman French origin meaning "from Arcy," a place in Normandy.
Unisex French #858 in US
Joey Joey is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will increase."
Unisex Hebrew #875 in US
Isa Isa is a unisex name with two main origins.
Unisex Arabic, Spanish #931 in US
Dana Dana is a name with several unrelated sources — a Danish origin, a Hebrew feminine of Daniel, and an Irish mother goddess.
Unisex English #1,028 in US

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