Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 1 · Baby names
Which baby names are rising fastest?
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In 2025, Ailany (girls) gained more babies than any other name, 4,530 more than the year before. Eithan (boys) was next, up 2,037, then Cooper (boys), up 1,757. This compares each name's babies with the year before, girls' and boys' names together. Social Security leaves out any name given to fewer than 5 babies in a year.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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