Category: Statistics

  • Baby Names: Fun with Statistics

    Baby Names: Fun with Statistics

    Abstract: This is a report of various statistical measures of the U.S. Social Security “Baby Names” database. Analyses include trends and predictions about popular names, surges in specific name occurrences over time, trends in name complexity and pronounceability, palindromic names, sexually ambiguous names, “forgotten” names that have fallen out of use, and more. Some of…