cinmell said:I've never heard of these names being used for girls except for Taylor. But really, Darrell, James, Spencer, etc. for girls????
Yep. They have been on class rosters at my school. Those three I've only known one or two of, but if one or two of each have been at my school, I'm sure they aren't the only ones.
Michael, Blake and Tristan are listed on Social Security's site as in the top 1000 for girls through the 90s.
There have been, in the 2000s, 18,843 girls named Avery, 2,832 girls named Hayden, and 2,489 girls named Hunter. All used to be male names.
Then there are the names like Taylor (Skyler/Schuyler, Jaden, Montana, Dakota) that used to be more for boys, then moved steadily towards the girl side. Many of those aren't used often at all for boys anymore.
I really have no problem with those names, but just that I think there are so many pretty and feminine girl names, and so many fewer great boy names that kept getting "taken over".

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We were lucky we ended up with two girls, because we had such a hard time deciding on boy's names. Many boys names I like are being used by girls as well, and dh wouldn't hear of that!
I can understand though why some people think it's a bit overused - it is, IMO too. There's even more Emma Louise's around - including me! 

