gender_unique: Predict gender from first name

In pmerckle/firstnamer: Set of Functions Using First Name Databases

Description

This function predicts the gender of a first name.

Usage

gender_unique(first_name, year_min = 1900, year_max = 2017,
  freq = FALSE)

Arguments

first_name	first name as a character string.
year_min	starting year of the period over which the prediction is computed.
year_max	ending year of the period over which the prediction is computed.
freq	return the probability of the first name being male

Value

The predicted gender based on the proportions of males and females with the input first name. Possible values are either "male" or "female". NA is returned when the input first name is unknown in the database. If freq is set to TRUE, the function returns the probability of the first name being male.

See Also

gender, is_male, is_female

Examples

gender_unique("Baptiste")
gender_unique("Henriette")

pmerckle/firstnamer documentation built on May 3, 2019, 3:21 p.m.