Emerson ...is all hope lost?!

iLoveblueberries · July 2013

Is it a lost cause to try to use Emerson as a boys name? I love the connection it gives me to one of my favorite authors ..and I'm not about to use Ralph or Waldo....but I am seeing that it is a bit more popular for girls. I've never actually met an Emerson before, so I'm unsure if people would hear it and automatically assume its a girl. Thoughts? To me it is a male name and because of its meaning...not even a name I would consider gender neutral but Apparently it's a choice for girls.

BootsyLou · July 2013

Yes, although I love it for a boy, I think it's a lost cause. Another great boy name bites the dust

caittozer · July 2013

I still see Emerson as boy.

iLoveblueberries · July 2013

BootsyLou:
Yes, although I love it for a boy, I think it's a lost cause. nbsp;Another great boy name bites the dust

Why must they take all the great boy names for girls?! Boy names are hard as it is!

Helenahhandbasket · July 2013

BootsyLou:
Yes, although I love it for a boy, I think it's a lost cause. Another great boy name bites the dust

I hate to agree with this but I do!

iLoveblueberries · July 2013

Helenahhandbasket:
BootsyLou:
Yes, although I love it for a boy, I think it's a lost cause.  Another great boy name bites the dust
I hate to agree with this but I do!

I guess I could always move it to my girl list :Mobile frowny face:

Empireceo · July 2013

I still like it for a boy better and it has meaning for you...

Start the Reclaim the Name brigade for boys everywhere!

iLoveblueberries · July 2013

Empireceo:
I still like it for a boy better and it has meaning for you...Start the Reclaim the Name brigade for boys everywhere! :nbsp;

Maybe I can have Tshirts printed up?!
:mobile winky face:
I just would hate for possible boy baby to be in a class with a girl named his name. I'm not a fan of GN names!

elizhope · July 2013

Yea, I think its a lost cause. I automatically think girl. It might be because I know at least 6 Emerson girls aged 6 and under....

da731 · July 2013

Hearing "Emerson," my first thought is: "Girl" . . . followed immediately thereafter by "Blech."

I fully appreciate your want to honor one of your favorite authors (loving a good literary tie-in, myself), but I fear that effort would be stymied now, overshadowed by the gaggle of girl Emersons he would encounter throughout his school years.

minervacullen · July 2013

The only Emerson I know is a boy. So, yeah...

MMason12 · July 2013

The only Emerson I knew was a boy. I like the name!

LuckyMissus · July 2013

Check out Emerson on this list:

https://public.tableausoftware.com/views/GenderedNameChanges/GenderedNameChanges?:embed=y&:display_count=no

Looks like about 60% of Emersons are female these days.

swgdvm · July 2013

I love it for a boy!
I never met an emerson before

plunderb · July 2013

I don't think it's too far gone. Here are the recent ratios:

2012: 1,301 girls and 828 boys (1.5:1 in favor of girls)

2002: 280 girls and 223 boys (1.25:1 in favor of girls)

1992: fewer than 5 girls and 119 boys (at least 30:1 in favor of boys)

So it's definitely gone from "boy" to "unisex" in a short time, but the girls aren't really dominating and it hasn't moved too fast toward the girls in the past decade.