This package contains three datasets provided by the USA social security administration:
babynames: For each year from 1880 to 2017, the number of children of
each sex given each name. All names with more than 5 uses are given.
(Source: http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html)
applicants: The number of applicants for social security numbers (SSN) for
each year for each sex.
(Source: http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/numberUSbirths.html)
lifetables: Cohort life tables data
(Source: http://www.ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/as120/LifeTables_Body.html)
It also includes the following data set from the US Census:
births: Number of live births by year, up to 2017.
(Source: an Excel spreadsheet from the Census that has since been removed
from their website and https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf)# Install the released version from CRAN
install.packages("babynames")
# Install the development version from GitHub
# devtools::install_github("hadley/babynames")
install.packages("babynames", repos = c('https://hadley.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))
Please note that the babynames project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.