Find name popularity trend
find_name_trendRead-onlyIdempotent
Use this when the user asks how popular a baby name is or was, its rank or number of babies in a year, its trend, peak year, or wants to compare up to 5 names (e.g. "how popular is Olivia", "Emma vs Ava since 1990", "what rank was Jennifer in 1975"). Returns US Social Security birth counts per year 1880-2025, SSA ranks (top 1,000 for past years; listed names in 2025), peak year, highest rank, 10-year change, girls/boys split and other spellings, with a chart. US data only. Does not give name meanings or origins.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| sex | No | Sex for all names, e.g. girl. Default any: each name uses the sex with more US births in 2016-2025. | |
| year | No | Optional single year to report births and rank for, e.g. 1990. | |
| names | Yes | 1 to 5 first names to look up or compare, e.g. ["Olivia", "Charlotte"]. Add (girl) or (boy) to pick a sex per name, e.g. "Avery (boy)". Accents are ignored for lookup (Zoë finds Zoe). |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| kind | Yes | ||
| note | Yes | ||
| names | Yes | ||
| source | Yes | ||
| decades | Yes | ||
| not_found | Yes | ||
| data_years | Yes |