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Analyzing American Baby Name Trends
Use categorization and ranking techniques to explore 101 years of American baby name tastes.
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Project Description
What makes a name timeless or trendy? In this project, you'll use data published by the U.S. Social Security Administration spanning over a hundred years to understand American baby name tastes.
The ranking, grouping, joining, ordering, and pattern matching skills you'll use in this project are broadly applicable: understanding changing tastes is a key competency for businesses as well as parents searching for a baby name!
Project Tasks
- 1Classic American names
- 2Timeless or trendy?
- 3Top-ranked female names since 1920
- 4Picking a baby name
- 5The Olivia expansion
- 6Many males with the same name
- 7Top male names over the years
- 8The most years at number one
Izzy Weber
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Data Coach at iO-Sphere
Izzy is a Data Coach at iO-Sphere. She discovered a love for data during her seven years as an accounting professor at the University of Washington. She holds a masters degree in Taxation and is a Certified Public Accountant. Her passion is making learning technical topics fun.