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As the other poster said, this is going to change from generation to generation, as the most common pattern is for such a name to begin being used mostly by males and then to switch over the course of a generation to predominantly female use. So there are quite a few names, such as Joyce, Beverly, and Shirley, that started off being used mostly for males, but would hardly be considered "gender neutral" or "unisex" today by the great majority of Americans.

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The names which are on both the male and female Social Security list for babies born in 2007 are Alexis, Amari, Angel, Ariel, Avery, Bailey, Cameron, Casey, Charlie, Dakota, Devyn, Dominique, Dylan, Emerson, Emery, Finley, Harley, Harper, Hayden, Jaden, Jadyn, Jaiden, Jaidyn, Jamie, Jayden, Jaylen, Jaylin, Jessie, Jordan, Jordyn, Justice, Kamryn, Kasey, Kayden, Kendall, Logan, London, Lyric, Micah, Morgan, Parker, Payton,

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This message was edited 5/25/2008, 2:43 PM

Depends on what you'd consider to be gender-neutral. Few names are truly unisex. Most seem to be male names that are now commonly used on girls, and in some cases used mainly on girls now.

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I went through the 2007 top 100 for girls, and all of these I'd say are "unisex":

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Madison
Addison
Ashley
Alexis
Taylor
Sydney (Sidney)
Morgan
Brooke
Avery
Riley
Evelyn
Mackenzie
Claire (Clair)
Aubrey
Bailey
Jordan

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What sort of age group are you looking for, though? Because it would change. I can think of several that are popular on people my age, inlcuding my own, but aren't popular on younger children.