This study examines gender influence in maternal child-directed speech (CDS) among American monolingual English-speaking families, using data from 6 corpora of the CHILDES database, for children aged 12 to 36 months. We analyzed the frequency and types of nouns and adjectives used by mothers to determine if maternal CDS exhibits gendered language that might affect gender socialization. Findings indicate no strong preference for gender-biased language in maternal CDS, although subtle gender differences in linguistic patterns were observed. Girls received more maternal speech than boys, which could differentially impact their cognitive and social development. However, the use of gender-biased nouns and adjectives was not evident. These results suggest that gender socialization through maternal speech before age 3 might be minimal, pointing to the need for further research on other factors influencing gender socialization beyond the maternal and verbal domains.