Friends, family, my co-workers at Google, and random strangers on the internet have contributed more than 500 votes for our kid’s name. At this point we have some clear favorites, with Dylan leading the boys chart and Olivia and Ada pulling ahead on the girls chart.
I’ve decided to move all the charts to this post, I’ll try to add updates with more detail as time goes on.
First, the graph of the most popular Girls’ names:
EDIT: Well, it turns out I made some pretty crazy formulas and broke my own charts. I’ll have an update soon to tell you how to make cool charts and how not to break them. The voting form works, though, so don’t be afraid to contribute.
DOUBLE EDIT: I’ve put in static versions of the charts while I work on fixing my spreadsheet.
Here’s the graph of the most popular Boys’ names:
Here’s a familiar, if not cognitively optimum, pie chart showing who has been voting:
Just for fun, here are graphs of some of the leading names’ popularity since the 1880s from the wonderful Baby Name Wizard website.
The only problem with these graphs is that they don’t give an identifiable scale. So, you can’t easily compare the different name graphs below – note that the darker the hue, the more babies had that name.
Olivia:
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