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humanodon  ·  4127 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Girls and Boys Together: Gender on Hubski

Yes, but the thing is, unpopular names generally fall out of use. They either come back much later or disappear. So it stands to reason that a popular name would stand a higher chance.

On thinking a bit about the last part, many languages feature male/female forms of names that sound exactly the same or very similar and are differentiated by either a sexed vowel or sex is implicit in the spelling. English operates under different features (broadly speaking) and may contribute to the whole male name to female name migration.