Media and data notes
Baby Name Ranks analyzes public SSA baby-name records with combined spelling groups, state comparisons, and practical popularity estimates.
What makes this data useful
Official SSA lists rank exact spellings separately. Baby Name Ranks also groups common spelling variants and recomputes ranks, which can reveal names that may feel more common than their exact-spelling rank suggests.
The site also translates name rates into classroom and grade-size estimates, then compares state rates with national rates for latest-year state context.
Example findings
Suggested attribution
Use: Baby Name Ranks, derived from public U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name records.
For methodology details, link to the methodology page. For API-style summaries, see the OpenAPI file.
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