2022 Names Used NEARLY EQUAL for M and F

Word name occasionally used for boys over the decades, and more recently for girls too. Some may see it as encouraging entitlement, but a more positive viewpoint is that it promotes self-esteem.

A name that's long been popular for dogs on Chicago's North Side is now gaining traction among human babies. Wrigley Field is the Chicago Cubs' historic ballpark, originally named after the Wrigley Company, which made and sold chewing gum.

Wynn is an attractive Welsh name, originally male but now also used for girls outside of Wales. The authentic feminine version would be Gwen, which derives from the same very productive gwyn element, making it a relative of all Welsh names ending -wyn or -wen, as well as the Irish Fin- names.

A common unisex name in Israel, more properly written as Ya'el, Yael rose more than 200 places in 2023 to become one of the fastest-rising boys' names of the year in the US.

The biblical husband of the queen of Sheba; an unusual name with an interesting sound, rhyming with lanai.

The name from which Jordan arose, Yarden has a nice combination of river imagery and a sound connoting a garden. Like Jordan, used for both sexes.

Yarrow is a flowering herb that grows wild in Europe and North America, and has long been used in several Native American and European cultures as a healing plant. Named for the mythical god Achille, Yarrow is a symbol of enduring love.

The Hebrew variations of Biblical Jonah — Yona and Yonah — are unisex today.

An appealing Asian name with a nickname feel.

Likely inspired by Isaiah, Azariah, and similar, with a bit of Maia and Kaia thrown in too, Zaiah is a quietly used unisex option. Stevie Wonder named his daughter Zaiah in 2013.