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/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/

├ README.md

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/README.md

├ data/adjusted-name-combinations-list.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/adjusted-name-combinations-list.csv

├ data/adjusted-name-combinations-matrix.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/adjusted-name-combinations-matrix.csv

├ data/adjustments.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/adjustments.csv

├ data/aging-curve.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/aging-curve.csv

├ data/independent-name-combinations-by-pop.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/independent-name-combinations-by-pop.csv

├ data/new-top-firstNames.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/new-top-firstNames.csv

├ data/new-top-surnames.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/new-top-surnames.csv

├ data/state-pop.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/state-pop.csv

├ data/surnames.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/data/surnames.csv

└ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/datapackage.json

Key Files

Start with these files — they give you everything you need to understand and access the dataset.

datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/most-common-name/_r/-/README.md

Typical Usage

1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
3. Read README.md for full context

Data Previews

adjusted-name-combinations-list

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Schema

name	type	format
	integer	default
firstname	string	default
surname	string	default
adjustment	number	default
cleanname	string	default
estimate	number	default
finalestimate	number	default

adjusted-name-combinations-matrix

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Schema

name	type	format
	integer	default
firstname	string	default
smith	number	default
johnson	number	default
williams	number	default
brown	number	default
jones	number	default
garcia	number	default
rodriguez	number	default
miller	number	default
martinez	number	default
davis	number	default
hernandez	string	default
lopez	string	default
gonzalez	string	default
wilson	number	default
anderson	number	default
thomas	number	default
taylor	number	default
lee	number	default
moore	number	default
jackson	number	default

adjustments

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Schema

name	type	format
	string	default
miller	number	default
anderson	number	default
martin	number	default
smith	number	default
thompson	number	default
wilson	number	default
moore	number	default
white	number	default
taylor	number	default
davis	number	default
johnson	number	default
brown	number	default
jones	number	default
thomas	number	default
williams	number	default
jackson	number	default
lee	number	default
garcia	number	default
martinez	number	default
rodriguez	number	default

aging-curve

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Schema

name	type	format
decade	integer	default
age	integer	default
male	integer	default
female	integer	default
male	number	default
female	number	default

independent-name-combinations-by-pop

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Schema

name	type	format
	string	default
smith	number	default
johnson	number	default
williams	number	default
brown	number	default
jones	number	default
garcia	number	default
rodriguez	number	default
miller	number	default
martinez	number	default
davis	number	default
hernandez	number	default
lopez	number	default
gonzalez	number	default
wilson	number	default
anderson	number	default
thomas	number	default
taylor	number	default
lee	number	default
moore	number	default
jackson	number	default
perez	number	default
martin	number	default
thompson	number	default
white	number	default
sanchez	number	default
harris	number	default
ramirez	number	default
clark	number	default
lewis	number	default
robinson	number	default
walker	number	default
young	number	default
hall	number	default
allen	number	default
torres	number	default
nguyen	number	default
wright	number	default
flores	number	default
king	number	default
scott	number	default
rivera	number	default
green	number	default
hill	number	default
adams	number	default
baker	number	default
nelson	number	default
mitchell	number	default
campbell	number	default
gomez	number	default
carter	number	default
roberts	number	default
diaz	number	default
phillips	number	default
evans	number	default
turner	number	default
reyes	number	default
cruz	number	default
parker	number	default
edwards	number	default
collins	number	default
stewart	number	default
morris	number	default
morales	number	default
ortiz	number	default
gutierrez	number	default
murphy	number	default
rogers	number	default
cook	number	default
kim	number	default
morgan	number	default
cooper	number	default
ramos	number	default
peterson	number	default
gonzales	number	default
bell	number	default
reed	number	default
bailey	number	default
chavez	number	default
kelly	number	default
howard	number	default
richardson	number	default
ward	number	default
cox	number	default
ruiz	number	default
brooks	number	default
watson	number	default
wood	number	default
james	number	default
mendoza	number	default
gray	number	default
bennett	number	default
alvarez	number	default
castillo	number	default
price	number	default
hughes	number	default
vasquez	number	default
sanders	number	default
jimenez	number	default
long	number	default
foster	number	default

Data Files

File	Size	Last modified	Download
adjusted-name-combinations-list	28.5 kB	about 1 month ago	adjusted-name-combinations-list
adjusted-name-combinations-matrix	5.6 kB	about 1 month ago	adjusted-name-combinations-matrix
adjustments	2.27 kB	about 1 month ago	adjustments
aging-curve	439 B	about 1 month ago	aging-curve
independent-name-combinations-by-pop	170 kB	about 1 month ago	independent-name-combinations-by-pop
new-top-firstNames	3.01 kB	about 1 month ago	new-top-firstNames
new-top-surnames	3.02 kB	about 1 month ago	new-top-surnames
state-pop	1.43 kB	about 1 month ago	state-pop
surnames	8.6 MB	about 1 month ago	surnames

Files	Size	Format	Created	Updated	License	Source
9	8.81 MB	csv		about 1 month ago		FiveThirtyEight - Most Common Name

Most Common Name

This directory contains the code and data behind the story Dear Mona, What’s The Most Common Name In America?

The main script file is most-common-name.R

There are four input files:

state-pop.csv - Total population and Hispanic population by state.
surnames.csv - Data on surnames from the U.S. Census Bureau, including a breakdown by race/ethnicity.
aging-curve.csv - Data from the Social Security Administration on the chances that someone born in the decade shown was still alive in 2013: http://www.ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/as120/LifeTables_Tbl_7.html
adjustments.csv - Taken directly from Lee Hartman's article: http://mypage.siu.edu/lhartman/johnsmith.html.

And five output files:

adjusted-name-combinations-list.csv - Adjusted estimates for the most common full names.
adjusted-name-combinations-matrix.csv - The same data from the file adjusted-name-combinations-list.csv but in matrix form. These are the estimates presented in the second (and final) table of the article.
independent-name-combinations-by-pop.csv - Matrix of estimates for the top 100 most common first names by top 100 most common surnames. These were calculated using independent odds, and displayed in the first table presented in the article.
new-top-firstNames.csv - Final estimated ranking of top first names.
new-top-surnames.csv - Final estimated ranking of top surnames.

This dataset was scraped from FiveThirtyEight - most-common-name