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ArchivesFor Mike C: Name popularities for Korea and Japan.
The popularity of Korea: https://www.namechart.kr
The popularity of Japan: https://st.benesse.ne.jp/ninshin/name/2010/read-ranking/
I think you can add Korea and Japan's popularity.
The popularity of Japan: https://st.benesse.ne.jp/ninshin/name/2010/read-ranking/
I think you can add Korea and Japan's popularity.
This message was edited 7/14/2021, 7:16 PM
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Thank you for these. There are some shortcomings with the Japanese list as Rene pointed out. Lists compiled by private organizations tend to have a sample size that is too small or skewed.
The major issue with putting Japanese and Korean names on this site is that my software expects the name to be written only one way in Latin characters. Yes, there are Hebrew, Armenian and Russian popularity lists on the site, but they list only one Latin transcription. Japanese and Korean names often have several readings, so I need to rewrite the software at some point to account for that.
The major issue with putting Japanese and Korean names on this site is that my software expects the name to be written only one way in Latin characters. Yes, there are Hebrew, Armenian and Russian popularity lists on the site, but they list only one Latin transcription. Japanese and Korean names often have several readings, so I need to rewrite the software at some point to account for that.
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Not sure if you're still planning to rework the software re: JP/KR readings, Mike, but I should let you know that the 2021 data is out. Also, from the KR link, it seems the site grabs the data from Supreme Court of Korea (http://efamily.scourt.go.kr/), so maybe it would be wise to list that as the primary source (and maybe namechart also).
Slightly off-topic but on the same topic of name data, several countries' lists need updating (Galicia, Hungary, Lithuania, NZ, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey). Also, the links on a couple of these need updating as well:
NZ: https://smartstart.services.govt.nz/news/baby-names/
Poland: https://dane.gov.pl/pl/dataset/219,imiona-nadawane-dzieciom-w-polsce
Slovenia: https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStat/sl (direct links to baby name data; also https://www.stat.si/ImenaRojstva/sl#/names/topBabyNames)
Turkey: https://data.tuik.gov.tr/ ("name" in search and 'Statistical Tables' section)
Slightly off-topic but on the same topic of name data, several countries' lists need updating (Galicia, Hungary, Lithuania, NZ, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey). Also, the links on a couple of these need updating as well:
NZ: https://smartstart.services.govt.nz/news/baby-names/
Poland: https://dane.gov.pl/pl/dataset/219,imiona-nadawane-dzieciom-w-polsce
Slovenia: https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStat/sl (direct links to baby name data; also https://www.stat.si/ImenaRojstva/sl#/names/topBabyNames)
Turkey: https://data.tuik.gov.tr/ ("name" in search and 'Statistical Tables' section)
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I've updated NZ, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey, thank you!
Reworking the software for Japan and Korea is still on the back burner.
Reworking the software for Japan and Korea is still on the back burner.
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I think Meiji Life Insurance is the more reliable source and it goes back to the early 1900s.
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For the Japanese ranking I believe this one https://st.benesse.ne.jp/ninshin/name/2010/name-ranking/ is more conclusive
It's hard to argue which one to include (the reading list or the kanji list) since they're both essential to Japanese names, but the kanji lists are more extensive
Thanks for the website link, it includes rankings going back to 2005 which is really helpful
It's hard to argue which one to include (the reading list or the kanji list) since they're both essential to Japanese names, but the kanji lists are more extensive
Thanks for the website link, it includes rankings going back to 2005 which is really helpful
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I also copied the Benesse rankings to my own given name website for years until I noticed how few births must be included there.
Just consider the following: Spain has only about 1/3 of the inhabitants of Japan, and as you can see here the most popular female name had a count of over 4000: http://www.nancy.cc/2019/10/15/popular-baby-names-spain-2018/
If you check the Benesse data for 2018 the top name has a count of merely 29: https://st.benesse.ne.jp/ninshin/name/2018/
Conclusion: Benesse must work with only 1 in 100 births or so. This is not very useful IMHO.
Just consider the following: Spain has only about 1/3 of the inhabitants of Japan, and as you can see here the most popular female name had a count of over 4000: http://www.nancy.cc/2019/10/15/popular-baby-names-spain-2018/
If you check the Benesse data for 2018 the top name has a count of merely 29: https://st.benesse.ne.jp/ninshin/name/2018/
Conclusion: Benesse must work with only 1 in 100 births or so. This is not very useful IMHO.
This message was edited 7/15/2021, 12:34 PM
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