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Name trends in 2010s: Scrapers and apps

Name trends shows why a name survives in 2010s under “Scrapers and apps.” The figure beside that is 1880. Do not write a baby-name score as if it were a statute. Separate the name you register from the name you call. SSA suppresses very rare names — the tail is partly hidden.

A U.S. compilation of given-name frequencies based on Social Security card applications, published from 1880 onward with a lag. It is a historical series, not a crystal ball. The well-known baby-name release is for England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate publications. Say which office.

Annual given-name frequency information that researchers use to watch Korean naming fashion, including shifts between Sino-Korean and native Korean names in dated years. Why do names rise and fall together? Lieberson’s A Matter of Taste: parents want distinction inside a style, so endings and neighbours move as clusters.

Only if you cite the office and the year after that office has published. Do not invent a live #1 in this atlas’s voice. Sometimes they spike a name (see celebrity-influence). Lieberson argued they are over-credited relative to internal fashion. No. Surnames move with migration and law. Given names are the volatile series.

Say Name trends with 2010s, “Scrapers and apps,” and 1880. Luck-stars are not those three.2010s

Figures to keep

Year of the rule
2010s
Figure on the name
1880
Topic
Name trends
Line in the record
Scrapers and apps

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