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beingsubmitted OP t1_ixqekpt wrote

Data from data.gov 100% sample of social security application names 1910-2020*.

Made with Python (w/ plotly, PIL)

*There were no names with 'eigh' in 1910

EDIT: Forget Leighanne. Leighanne sucks. The first use of EIGH not at the end was way back in 1914, 6 boys names LEIGHTON born in, you guessed it, NY.

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JillHasSkills t1_ixr2g22 wrote

You called out Creighton and then said that Leighanne was the first use of “eigh” not at the end. Otherwise super interesting!

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beingsubmitted OP t1_ixr5zew wrote

Oh that's weird. I'll go back and check my data. Obviously one of those is wrong.

Yeah, I was wrong on leighanne - not sure what happened. Ran it again and it's Leighton in NY 1914.

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royalpatch t1_ixrwt4u wrote

Just FYI that's not 100%.

The SSA data only includes names for which there are at least 5 people with that name that year.

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beingsubmitted OP t1_ixs7nfb wrote

That's good to know. It does say it's a 100% sample, but that would explain why the lowest count I can find is 5. Do you have a better source?

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