Gender in AI Language Models: What's In a Name?The Most and Least Gendered Names, According to AI
To conclude this exploration of naming and gender, let's look at what the names with the strongest and weakest associations are.
If you want the chatbots of the future to refer to you with female pronouns, here's the names that will ensure that happens.
Famous singers have left quite the mark on this list: note Kesha, Beyonce, Adele, Aretha, Meghan, and Rihanna. We also see a couple common names like Kathleen and a couple names from mythology: Elsa, Diana, and Persephone.
| Name | Girls | Boys | % Girls | % Girls 2021 | RoBERTa % Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name Jayme | Girls 13985 | Boys 3813 | % Girls 78.58 | % Girls 2021 68 | RoBERTa % Female 99.26 |
Name Adele | Girls 40958 | Boys 11 | % Girls 99.97 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 99.06 |
Name Aryanna | Girls 8991 | Boys 0 | % Girls 100 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 99.05 |
Name Diana | Girls 363224 | Boys 1285 | % Girls 99.65 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 99.05 |
Name Beyonce | Girls 1963 | Boys 0 | % Girls 100 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.91 |
Name Hanna | Girls 39648 | Boys 133 | % Girls 99.67 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.9 |
Name Kathleen | Girls 712740 | Boys 1691 | % Girls 99.76 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.77 |
Name Gracelynn | Girls 10076 | Boys 0 | % Girls 100 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.68 |
Name Meghan | Girls 95822 | Boys 226 | % Girls 99.76 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.67 |
Name Kesha | Girls 5221 | Boys 5 | % Girls 99.9 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.65 |
The Most and Least Gendered Names, According to AI
To conclude this exploration of naming and gender, let's look at what the names with the strongest and weakest associations are.
If you want the chatbots of the future to refer to you with female pronouns, here's the names that will ensure that happens.
Famous singers have left quite the mark on this list: note Kesha, Beyonce, Adele, Aretha, Meghan, and Rihanna. We also see a couple common names like Kathleen and a couple names from mythology: Elsa, Diana, and Persephone.
| Name | Girls | Boys | % Girls | % Girls 2021 | RoBERTa % Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name Jayme | Girls 13985 | Boys 3813 | % Girls 78.58 | % Girls 2021 68 | RoBERTa % Female 99.26 |
Name Adele | Girls 40958 | Boys 11 | % Girls 99.97 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 99.06 |
Name Aryanna | Girls 8991 | Boys 0 | % Girls 100 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 99.05 |
Name Diana | Girls 363224 | Boys 1285 | % Girls 99.65 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 99.05 |
Name Beyonce | Girls 1963 | Boys 0 | % Girls 100 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.91 |
Name Hanna | Girls 39648 | Boys 133 | % Girls 99.67 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.9 |
Name Kathleen | Girls 712740 | Boys 1691 | % Girls 99.76 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.77 |
Name Gracelynn | Girls 10076 | Boys 0 | % Girls 100 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.68 |
Name Meghan | Girls 95822 | Boys 226 | % Girls 99.76 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.67 |
Name Kesha | Girls 5221 | Boys 5 | % Girls 99.9 | % Girls 2021 100 | RoBERTa % Female 98.65 |