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[Opinions] American boys with girls' names?!!

by Pie

7/24/2009, 3:42 PM

I was just looking through the list of top 1000 American boys' names from 1890-1899, and was absolutely astounded to find the following:

79. Jessie
112. Marion
249. Mary
266. Pearl
420. Anna
498. Florence
506. Frances
517. Elza
536. Ethel
572. Margaret
602. Minnie
608. Elizabeth
611. Helen
626. Emma
645. Ruth
654. Grace
657. Lillian
690. Alice
693. Bertha
693. Rose
721. Marie
735. Annie
748. Gertrude
752. Nellie
756. Allison
756. Louise
776. Elsie
802. Clara
802. Ida
806. Edna
816. Bessie
840. Myrtle
861. Lillie
864. Martha
868. Edith
886. Mabel
886. Sarah
901. Claire
919. Esther
919. Eva
934. Mildred
936. Ella
938. Maude
949. Laura
959. May
974. Irene
995. Ada

It seems there are just too many of them for it to be an error. Can anyone American help out the ignorant foreigner here and tell me if this was a normal thing? And do any of you know of men with these names?

#American

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American boys with girls' names?!! · Pie · 7/24/2009, 3:42 PM

•These are simple... · LMS · 7/25/2009, 9:52 PM

•Re: These are simple... · Anthroponomastics · 7/26/2009, 8:43 AM

•Not true about Allison. · Solunastra · 7/26/2009, 7:34 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · LalalalaLexiii · 7/24/2009, 3:43 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · Guinevere · 7/24/2009, 4:47 PM

•I hate it on a girl. nt · Anthroponomastics · 7/26/2009, 8:46 AM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · Pie · 7/24/2009, 3:48 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · Sofia · 7/25/2009, 2:58 PM

•Errors in Coding · cecilia_j · 7/25/2009, 2:25 AM

•Re: Errors in Coding · Pie · 7/25/2009, 4:42 PM

•Yes, this. nt · Llewella · 7/25/2009, 3:19 AM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · rainbow_Maya · 7/25/2009, 8:59 AM

•The data consists only of first names. n/t · Kelly R. · 7/25/2009, 10:53 AM

•I know a male Marion. · Dracotorix · 7/24/2009, 9:37 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · number1212 · 7/24/2009, 6:41 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · Andromache · 7/24/2009, 5:09 PM

•well these I find unisex [m] · Sabrina Fair · 7/24/2009, 4:03 PM

•Re: well these I find unisex [m] · Pie · 7/24/2009, 4:12 PM

•Actually I just found boys with these names :) [m] · Sabrina Fair · 7/24/2009, 4:14 PM

•What site is that? · Joan-Ay · 7/24/2009, 5:02 PM

•georgia.ajc I think something like that nt · Sabrina Fair · 7/24/2009, 5:04 PM

•x · Sabrina Fair · 7/24/2009, 5:04 PM

•Re: Actually I just found boys with these names :) [m] · Pie · 7/24/2009, 4:34 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · brighton18 · 7/24/2009, 4:09 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · Joan-Ay · 7/24/2009, 3:58 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · Pie · 7/24/2009, 4:04 PM

•Re: American boys with girls' names?!! · Stevie · 7/24/2009, 3:48 PM

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