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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

Some friends are "in a family way" and were excited when I told them the
Social Security Administration hosts a web-based database of first names
from the last hundred years or so, based upon applications for Social
Security numbers.

Even if you are not looking for just the right name for a future offspring,
it is a neat system, with a number of search queries, including:
    Top 5 names by state (by year)
    Top 10 names by year of birth  for years 1880 through 1997
    Top 1000 names by decade


Here are some of the most and least popular names from 2002. The number
indicates the number of applicants with each name.

   1 Jacob   30122      Emily     24262
   2 Michael 28119      Madison   21546
   3 Joshua  25859      Hannah    18559
   4 Matthew 24831      Emma      16324
   5 Ethan   21949      Alexis    15411

 ...

 996 Edgardo   158      Jazmyne     222
 997 Garett    158      Libby       222
 998 Gerard    158      Nyasia      222
 999 Ryley     158      Kari        221
1000 Braulio   157      Keeley      221

How popular is your name? Mine was #2 the year I was born (1968)--I guess
(luckily) my parents were not too creative.

David