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Fun With SSA Data!

Kerry Howley | 2.8.2005 3:51 PM

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PJ Doland points to Martin Wattenberg's interactive visualization of the SSA's baby name database, which tracks how trendy your (or your baby's) name has been over the past century.

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Kerry Howley is author of Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State.

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