For over a decade, gender reveal parties have been a huge trend amongst parents-to-be. But they may not be as popular as they once were, according to a UK survey.

Simply put, a gender reveal party is where soon-to-be parents gather their family and friends so they can all find out the baby’s sex together. This is often revealed in ‘fun’ ways, such as cutting a cake or popping a balloon to reveal a colour; this tends to be pink for a girl and blue for a boy.

Some of the most outrageous gender reveals include reality TV star Charlotte Crosby’s recent reveal that saw a plane flying over with a pink contrail, signifying to family and friends (as well as anybody in that area) that Charlotte is having a girl.

In September 2021, a US couple revealed their baby’s sex by setting off a smoke-generating device revealing blue smoke. They did this in El Dorado on a hot, dry, windy day which unfortunately started a huge wildfire, blackening 32 square miles and injuring 13 people. This fire also devastatingly saw one of the many firefighters losing their life. The couple was charged with thirty crimes, including involuntary manslaughter.

There is very much a love-hate relationship when it comes to gender reveals

Kathryns, a Liverpool-based designer childrenswear boutique, wanted to find out if gender reveals are still as popular as they were. Or, is this trend officially over? The independent retailer surveyed the UK public to find out.

The findings revealed that over half of the UK public would not have a gender reveal; 46.5% of the public think gender reveals are “silly”. Plus, 19% would rather find out their baby’s sex privately. Despite this being such a huge trend in recent years, just 13% of respondents say they would have a gender reveal; one in five of the UK public aren’t sure if they’d have one.

 

 

Males are more in favour

Although most males wouldn’t have a gender reveal and think they’re silly, surprisingly, the data shows that males are more likely to have a gender reveal party than females. Findings show that 7.5% of males said they would have one in comparison to just 5.4% of females. More male respondents also said they love gender reveals, whilst more women said they’d have one mostly for the sake of their family and friends.

Boomers are anti-gender reveals

In addition, Kathryns’ survey revealed that those aged 65 and over were very much against gender reveals, with 11.46% stating that they think they’re silly. This age group also stated that they wouldn’t have a gender reveal as they would rather find out privately. Gender reveals have only been popular for the last 13 years, so these results aren’t surprising.

Despite the majority of all of the age groups selecting “No, I think they’re silly” as their answer, more respondents aged 25-34 said that they loved gender reveals. Equally, those aged 18-24 were more likely to have one, mostly for their family and friends.