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in reply to a message by Katiuscia
Yes, it could be an error. No data source is free of errors, and the SSA data are no exception to this.
There are some known errors in the SSA data set:
The great baby name glitch of 1969, putting Alexandr (Alexandra trunkated to 8 characters) in the female charts, see http://www.nancy.cc/2007/11/08/the-great-baby-name-glitch-of-1989-christop-alexandr-elizabet/
A lot of Koreans born in Kansas (coding error, KA mistaken as a state code), see http://www.nancy.cc/2015/07/24/glitch-alert-korea-coded-kansas-ssa-data/
There are also non-names occurring in the data, like Unnamed, Notnamed, Unknown, Infant, Girl, Boy, Babygirl, or Babyboy.
There are probably more known errors.
There are some known errors in the SSA data set:
The great baby name glitch of 1969, putting Alexandr (Alexandra trunkated to 8 characters) in the female charts, see http://www.nancy.cc/2007/11/08/the-great-baby-name-glitch-of-1989-christop-alexandr-elizabet/
A lot of Koreans born in Kansas (coding error, KA mistaken as a state code), see http://www.nancy.cc/2015/07/24/glitch-alert-korea-coded-kansas-ssa-data/
There are also non-names occurring in the data, like Unnamed, Notnamed, Unknown, Infant, Girl, Boy, Babygirl, or Babyboy.
There are probably more known errors.
This message was edited 12/11/2019, 8:24 AM
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