Hi everyone! Here’s a quick update on the baby name timeline project, which I started last October.
More than a third of the years on the timeline have been transferred to individual pages that feature (along with the names from the original timeline) several sets of rankings:
- Top 5 names overall (male & female)
- Top 5 absolute increases (male & female)
- Top 5 relative increases (male & female)
- Top 5 debuts (male & female)
Among the years I’ve converted so far are all of the 1880s, all of the 1890s, and all of the 1950s.
At this rate, I’ll need another couple of years (at least!) to finish upgrading the timeline. But it’ll be worth it, because the second version is going to be a lot more useful and interesting than the first. :)
Thank you so much for all the work you do, it means a great deal to me.
This is absolutely wonderful, Nancy! I envy you for getting to play in this data so much.
Thank you both for the kind words. I am so grateful that such nice (and smart!) people stop by and comment regularly. :)