Friday 30 October 2009

Time to re-run the algorithm

I'd previously noted the optimal algorithm for naming names.


Looks like we'll need to run it again come April/May.

I should have the excel file from last time round; the updating just requires culling names that made the top 100 in the last two years. Much easier job.

4 comments:

  1. Congrats!

    If it's a girl, you should give her the middle name "Krueger."

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  2. Congratulations Eric.

    Had we not already pretty much chosen a name for our first little one, we'd have had plenty of time to run algorithms over the past 2 weeks: T + 11 days and counting. She's running out of time though - things begin on Sunday ready or not.

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  3. T+11? Yikes. Ira arrived bang on expected date; we'll see how 0.2 does. Good luck!

    Worth checking the chosen name against the list, if only to make sure (s)he won't have same name as half the class at school...

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  4. Proposed girl's name is ranked #623 in US in 2008 (#947 in 1905). #30 in NZ in 2008 which is quite suprising given I've never encountered or heard of anyone with the name or having given it to their baby - might be a recent spike! Still, I don't think #30 will be too much to worry about from looking at others with that ranking from other years.

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