names2022 {probstats4econ}

Popular names data

Description

Data on the names of all babies born in the United States in 2022, as provided by the Social Security Administration. Each observation corresponds to a specific name and gender, with a count of that name provided. For confidentiality reasons, the minimum count for any name is 5. All other names (with fewer than 5 occurrences in the U.S.) are included within the observation having "OTHER" as the name. There are two "OTHER" observations, one for female babies and one for male babies.

Usage

names2022

Format

names2022

A data frame with 31917 rows and 3 columns:

name

Baby's name

gender

F if female, M if male

count

Number of babies with name and gender

Source

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html