Unisex Names
| Files | Size | Format | Created | Updated | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 70.1 kB | csv | almost 7 years ago | FiveThirtyEight - Unisex Names |
This directory contains the code and data behind the story The Most Common Unisex Names In America: Is Yours One Of Them? The script unisex\_names.R generates the data in unisex\_names\_table.csv, wh...
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Data Files
| File | Description | Size | Last modified | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
aging_curve | 451 B | almost 7 years ago | aging_curve | |
unisex_names_table | 69.6 kB | almost 7 years ago | unisex_names_table |
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aging_curve
Schema
| name | type | format |
|---|---|---|
| decade | integer | default |
| age | integer | default |
| male | integer | default |
| female | integer | default |
| male_perct | number | default |
| female_perct | number | default |
unisex_names_table
Schema
| name | type | format |
|---|---|---|
| integer | default | |
| name | string | default |
| total | number | default |
| male_share | number | default |
| female_share | number | default |
| gap | number | default |
Unisex Names
This directory contains the code and data behind the story The Most Common Unisex Names In America: Is Yours One Of Them?
The script unisex_names.R generates the data in unisex_names_table.csv, which contains the over 900 names given to each sex at least one-third of the time and with a minimum of 100 people. It has the following variables:
| Header | Definition |
|---|---|
name | First names from the Social Security Administration |
total | Total number of living Americans with the name |
male_share | Percentage of people with the name who are male |
female_share | Percentage of people with the name who are female |
gap | Gap between male_share and female_share |
This dataset was scraped from FiveThirtyEight - unisex-names