Name: Baby Names By Year
Creator: Kaggle
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

About this Dataset

Baby Names By Year

About this dataset

This dataset contains US baby names from the Social Security Administration dating back to 1879. With over 150 years of data, this is one of the most comprehensive datasets on baby names in the US. The data includes the name, year of birth, sex, and number of babies with that name for each year. This dataset is a great resource for anyone interested in studying baby naming trends over time

How to use the dataset

How to use the US Baby Names by Year of Birth dataset:

This dataset is a compilation of over 140 years of data from the Social Security Administration. It includes data on baby names, year of birth, and sex. There are also columns for the number of babies with that name born in that year.

This dataset can be used to track changes in baby naming trends over time, or to study how popular names have changed in popularity. It can also be used to study how naming trends differ between sexes, or between different years

Research Ideas

This dataset could be used for a number of things, including:

Determining baby name trends over time
Finding out what the most popular baby names are in the US
Analyzing how baby name popularity has changed over the years

Columns

index: the index of the dataframe
YearOfBirth: the year in which the baby was born
Name: the name of the baby
Sex: the sex of the baby
Number: the number of babies with that name and sex

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit @nickgott, @rflprr and the Social Security Administration via Data.gov

Data Source

Tables

Babynamesusyob Full

@kaggle.thedevastator_us_baby_names_by_year_of_birth.babynamesusyob_full

5.1 MB
1,858,689 rows
4 columns

CREATE TABLE babynamesusyob_full (
  "yearofbirth" BIGINT,
  "name" VARCHAR,
  "sex" VARCHAR,
  "number" BIGINT
);

Babynamesusyob Mostpopular

@kaggle.thedevastator_us_baby_names_by_year_of_birth.babynamesusyob_mostpopular

1.99 MB
224,261 rows
5 columns

CREATE TABLE babynamesusyob_mostpopular (
  "index" BIGINT,
  "yearofbirth" BIGINT,
  "name" VARCHAR,
  "sex" VARCHAR,
  "number" BIGINT
);