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Some people say the SSA chart has mistakes (Or maybe it’s BtN that does it) and I wondered, if this isn’t a mistake, why does this happen? Is it because a certain amount of babies get a name they both just end up the same number?
For example, for the Top 1000 in 2020 this happened:
237. Brooke
237. Sawyer
Does this mean an equal amount of girls were named Brooke and Sawyer and then they went down alphabetically, or no?
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For example, for the Top 1000 in 2020 this happened:
237. Brooke
237. Sawyer
Does this mean an equal amount of girls were named Brooke and Sawyer and then they went down alphabetically, or no?
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On the SSA site, they'd be numbered as
237. Brooke
238. Sawyer
But since they have the exact same number of babies born, they're put on BTN as the same number-- it shows ties more clearly.
When people say the SSA chart has 'mistakes', they mean stuff like:
- "Unknown" being on the chart -- people don't actually name their kids "Unknown", but if they haven't picked a name by the time it's time to register for a SSN, the baby's name may get registered as Unknown.
- In 1989, the state of New York truncated all names over 8 characters, leading to the name "Christop" charting -- no one was named Christop, they were named Christopher and the error was in the data
- Names that are almost always used for one sex appearing on the chart for the opposite sex-- I'm sure there could have been a couple boys named Susan in the 40s-60s, but odds are most of them were girls who had the wrong box checked on the form or transcription errors from SSA workers.
237. Brooke
238. Sawyer
But since they have the exact same number of babies born, they're put on BTN as the same number-- it shows ties more clearly.
When people say the SSA chart has 'mistakes', they mean stuff like:
- "Unknown" being on the chart -- people don't actually name their kids "Unknown", but if they haven't picked a name by the time it's time to register for a SSN, the baby's name may get registered as Unknown.
- In 1989, the state of New York truncated all names over 8 characters, leading to the name "Christop" charting -- no one was named Christop, they were named Christopher and the error was in the data
- Names that are almost always used for one sex appearing on the chart for the opposite sex-- I'm sure there could have been a couple boys named Susan in the 40s-60s, but odds are most of them were girls who had the wrong box checked on the form or transcription errors from SSA workers.
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Brooke and Sawyer were given to the same number of girls, so they are tied and have the same rank.
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