Baby Name Graphs
Data
baby name popularity visualisation
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
3 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple, effective design and clean use.
From 2 comments
Well the design is good, simple to use, and most important: effective. Unfortunately, unless you and I have a different definition of viable, this idea isn't very lucrative. I've…
dylangs1030 on HNthis is dope, nice work :)
mtgentry on HN
Objections
Not viable as a product; similar tools already exist.
From 3 comments
What exactly does "viable" mean in this context? Because the husband and wife team behind NameVoyager have had the baby name trend visualization market cornered for years now.…
chancho on HNNot to be too harsh, but I agree, this is hardly a "viable" product. It pretty much is a college-level assignment where you just graph data in a database. It's needs a lot more…
steve8918 on HNSorry to be a downer, but Wolfram Alpha has beaten you to the punch: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Andrew
tycho77 on HN
Data covers US only and is not labelled as such.
From 1 comment
Would be good to have that clear on the website, that was my first Q. Cos I suspect from knowledge of my name and the lookup I just did on your site, the UK data looks very…
jarofgreen on HN
Graphs break for names like David or Isabella; log scale suggested.
From 1 comment
Not to be too harsh, but I agree, this is hardly a "viable" product. It pretty much is a college-level assignment where you just graph data in a database. It's needs a lot more…
steve8918 on HN
Requests
Support non-US name data such as UK.
From 1 comment
Would be good to have that clear on the website, that was my first Q. Cos I suspect from knowledge of my name and the lookup I just did on your site, the UK data looks very…
jarofgreen on HN
Fix iPad styling and drag/double-click interactions.
From 2 comments
Styling is messed up on an iPad
jshen on HNStyling ok for me but the drag and double click actions dont work...
justincormack on HN
Show gender-combined graphs and names missing from the data.
From 2 comments
Try this: http://babynamegraphs.com/female/multipleNamesGraph?names%5B%5D=mark and double click to show the "all time" graph. Note this shows _females_. And, of course, you have…
spacejunkie on HNMy name (Tikhon) didn't even get a graph :( Probably because it's an exceptionally uncommon name (but not uncommon enough for me to get it as a username). In the list of names on…
tikhonj on HN
Questions
What is the data source?
From 2 comments
Out of interest, what's the data source? US only?
estel on HNWhat's the data source on that one? Is it a wiki scrape?
brador on HN
Alternatives named
NameVoyager (babynamewizard.com)
From 1 comment
What exactly does "viable" mean in this context? Because the husband and wife team behind NameVoyager have had the baby name trend visualization market cornered for years now.…
chancho on HN
Wolfram Alpha
From 2 comments
Sorry to be a downer, but Wolfram Alpha has beaten you to the punch: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Andrew
tycho77 on HNOf course there's always Wolfram|Alpha. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=David%2C+John
xyzzyb on HN
babynameclusters.com
From 2 comments
Here's a website I made a few years ago: http://www.babynameclusters.com/name/Tristan/Male That's a good guess regarding the Brad Pitt character. I should add movie character…
brfox on HNWell the design is good, simple to use, and most important: effective. Unfortunately, unless you and I have a different definition of viable, this idea isn't very lucrative. I've…
dylangs1030 on HN