# Baby Name Ranks

Baby Name Ranks analyzes U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name records, including official spelling ranks, combined spelling groups, popularity trends, duplicate estimates, and state context.

## Key Pages

- Homepage: https://babynameranks.com/
- Top names: https://babynameranks.com/top-baby-names
- State explorer: https://babynameranks.com/states
- Methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology

## Machine-Readable Content

- OpenAPI: https://babynameranks.com/openapi.json
- Top names API: https://babynameranks.com/api/top_names.php
- Name report API example: https://babynameranks.com/api/name_report.php?slug=f/olivia&sex=F
- State patterns API example: https://babynameranks.com/api/state_patterns.php?state=CA
- Top names Markdown: https://babynameranks.com/llms/top.php
- Methodology Markdown: https://babynameranks.com/llms/methodology.php
- Name report Markdown example: https://babynameranks.com/llms/name.php?slug=f/olivia&sex=F
- State Markdown example: https://babynameranks.com/llms/state.php?state=CA

## Notes

Data comes from public SSA baby-name records. Official SSA ranks treat exact spellings separately. Baby Name Ranks' combined spelling ranks group common spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex. State counts can be lower bounds when rare spellings are suppressed in SSA state files. Baby Name Ranks is for exploration, not prediction.