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cies based on Social Security card applications, published from 1880 onward with a lag. It is a historical ser The Office for National Statistics (England and Wales) and Statistics Korea publish their own counts. Each is The spelling on a form and the sound in a classroom can differ. For Name trends the year of that difference is , the line is “From national to fake-global,” and the figure is 1880. A popularity rank is not a personality score. KOSTAT, ONS and SSA will keep being the grown-up sources.

The Office for National Statistics (England and Wales) and Statistics Korea publish their own counts. Each is a jurisdiction and a year — not a world cup of names. This page teaches you to read those files the way Lieberson did: as taste cycles. It will not announce a current global number-one, because no such official exists.

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.

The two places are the register and the nickname. ’s “From national to fake-global” splits them. The figure is 1880.1880

Figures to keep

Year of the rule
1880
Figure on the name
1880
Topic
Name trends
Line in the record
From national to fake-global

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