In 2007, arguably the foremost statistician-cum-maven concerning the U.S. Social Security Administration’s baby name database, Laura Wattenberg*, appears to be …
The meteoric rise of boys’ names ending in ‘n’ It’s been noted before that one of the most striking trends …
In my last two forays into the U.S. Social Security Administration baby names database, I explored the extent to which …
To start with a bang, I’ll just leave these here (click on the images to enlarge): Last week, I posted …
The United States Social Security Administration released a fascinating data set a few years ago: all of the names of newborns registered …
Interactive graphic: Cancer diagnosis and mortality rates Since my site redesign, this graphic doesn’t quite fit on the page anymore; …