I built a free baby name database with 145 years of US data — Peek a Name

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Learn how to build a free database with 145 years of US baby name data and explore its features

intermediate Published 6 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Build a database using US Social Security Administration data
  2. Configure a user-friendly interface to display baby name popularity history
  3. Run queries to analyze 372 million birth records
  4. Test the database with various search parameters
  5. Apply data visualization techniques to showcase name trends
Who Needs to Know This

Data scientists, product managers, and software engineers can benefit from this project to learn about data collection, processing, and visualization, as well as building user-friendly databases

Key Insight

💡 Building a database with historical data can provide valuable insights into trends and patterns

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👶 Explore 145 years of US baby name data with Peek a Name, a free database with 117,146 unique names! #datascience #babynames
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