Web app to find and explore first names given to babies born in the U.S. between 1880 and 2017.
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popularity (overall popularity or popularity for a given year)
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starting letter(s)
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letter(s) contained in the name
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name length/number of letters
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For each name, see the percentage of male or female babies given that name.
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For a name of interest, view a plot of the number of babies born each year (1880-2017) who were given that name.
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New baby on the way and would like to find a name that was popular in the 1940's.
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Writing a novel and want a set of names for siblings that all start with 'Sa'.
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Looking for names that only have 4 letters.
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Curious about your own name - how many other babies were born in the same year as you with the same name.
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And more!
🔗 Find the app here: https://jen-pokorny.shinyapps.io/NameExplorer/
Data is from {babynames} R package: Wickham H (2021). babynames: US Baby Names 1880-2017. R package version 1.0.1, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=babynames.