Gender-Neutral Baby Names
8 gender-neutral baby names. Median rank #140 in Canada for 2024, up 44 places since 2020.
Each line is the median rank of the names in this collection that appear on that place’s list in every complete year shown, inside the top 1,000.
Girls 8 names
| Name | Meaning | Canada 2024 | England and Wales 2025 | USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie | Free man (diminutive of Charles) | #30 ↓12 | — | #140 ↓18 |
| Avery | Ruler of elves (surname) | #54 ↓23 | — | #31 ↓12 |
| Riley | Courageous, valiant | #74 ↓2 | — | #42 ↓9 |
| Quinn | Descendant of Conn; wise, counsel | #77 ↓14 | — | #96 ↓12 |
| Rehmat | Mercy, compassion | #78 ↑233 | — | — |
| Sage | Wise; sage herb | #221 ↑38 | — | #146 ↑76 |
| Emerson | Son of Emery; brave, powerful | #424 ↑57 | — | #151 ↑4 |
| Rowan | Little redhead; rowan tree | #267 ↑1 | — | #266 ↓11 |
Boys 7 names
| Name | Meaning | Canada 2024 | England and Wales 2025 | USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie | Free man (diminutive of Charles) | #63 ↑12 | #22 ↓10 | #176 ↑28 |
| Rowan | Little redhead; rowan tree | #64 ↑38 | #30 ↑41 | #71 ↑42 |
| Riley | Courageous, valiant | #140 | #83 ↓16 | #229 ↑28 |
| Avery | Ruler of elves (surname) | #238 ↓54 | — | #259 ↓47 |
| Emerson | Son of Emery; brave, powerful | #239 ↓50 | — | #270 ↓2 |
| Quinn | Descendant of Conn; wise, counsel | #381 ↓105 | — | #497 ↓60 |
| Sage | Wise; sage herb | #473 ↑80 | — | #413 ↑23 |
How this collection is built
The names are grouped by hand; every rank beside them is an official birth registration count, read from each place’s most recent complete list. A name that ranks for both girls and boys appears under both tabs with its own rank in each — those two positions are often far apart, and that gap is the interesting part.
See the same names year by year in the full rankings.
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