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How have American baby name tastes changed since 1920? Which names have remained popular for over 100 years, and how do those names compare to more recent top baby names? These are considerations for many new parents, but the skills you'll practice while answering these queries are broadly applicable. After all, understanding trends and popularity is important for many businesses, too!

You'll be working with data provided by the United States Social Security Administration, which lists first names along with the number and sex of babies they were given to in each year. For processing speed purposes, the dataset is limited to first names which were given to over 5,000 American babies in a given year. The data spans 101 years, from 1920 through 2020.

The Data

baby_names

columntypedescription
yearintyear
first_namevarcharfirst name
sexvarcharsex of babies given first_name
numintnumber of babies of sex given first_name in that year
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DataFrameas
usa_baby_names
variable
-- Run this code to view the data in baby_names
SELECT *
FROM baby_names
LIMIT 5;
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DataFrameas
name_types
variable
-- Use this table for the answer to question 1:
-- List the overall top five names in alphabetical order and find out if each name is "Classic" or "Trendy."
Select first_name, sum(num) sum, popularity_type
	FROM
(Select *, count(year) over(partition by first_name) years_present, case when count(year) over(partition by first_name) >= 50 then 'Classic' else 'Trendy' end popularity_type
FROM public.baby_names) as p
group by first_name, popularity_type
order by first_name asc
limit 5;
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DataFrameas
top_20
variable
-- Use this table for the answer to question 2:
with ranked_male_names as
(Select rank() over(order by sum desc) name_rank, first_name, sum
	FROM
(Select first_name, sum(num) sum
From baby_names
	where sex = 'M'
	group by first_name) as oa)
 
Select * from ranked_male_names
where name_rank <= 20;
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a_names
variable
-- Use this table for the answer to question 3:
Select ntw.first_name, (num_1920 + num_2020) total_occurrences
	from
(Select first_name, num num_1920
from public.baby_names
where year = 1920 and sex = 'F') as ntw
JOIN
(Select first_name, num num_2020
from public.baby_names
where year = 2020 and sex = 'F') as twtw
on ntw.first_name = twtw.first_name;