nibabynames: Northern Ireland baby names

nibabynamesR Documentation

Northern Ireland baby names

Description

Full baby name data from 1997 to 2020 for Northern Ireland from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

Usage

nibabynames

Format

A data frame with 22,596 observations on 6 variables.

year

A year (1997-2020).

sex

Sex, M for male and F for female.

name

A name.

n

Count of name within year and sex.

rank

Rank of name within year and sex.

nation

Nation of data source: Northern Ireland.

Source

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 2021. Baby Names Statistics Boys and Girls.

Examples

library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)

nibabynames %>%
  filter(name == "Joseph") %>%
  ggplot(aes(x = year, y = n)) +
  geom_line() +
  labs(
    title = "Popularity of the name `Joseph` in Northern Ireland", 
    x = "Year", y = "Number of babies"
    )

ukbabynames documentation built on March 26, 2022, 1:07 a.m.