Visitor Question: How-to view the rarest baby names

I received an excellent question from a visitor named Corinne. She asked how to view the most unpopular (rarest) baby names given each year in a state or country. One of the great features of the Baby Name Map is the dynamic and interactive tables that show popular baby name statistics for each region. By following the "View the rest of the boys'/girls' names..." links on the map, you can see all the statistics in a table as shown below.

The table is dynamic because it allows you to change the default sorting order (by rank from most popular to least) just by clicking on the column header as shown above. A small menu will appear that let's you change the order and even show or hide columns altogether. Please note this works better in places such as Alberta, Canada which publish every single name given in their stats. If you try this in a region which only publishes the top 10 names, then you're only going to see the 10th most popular name because truly rare names are not recorded.

I hope this helps others with their search for the perfect baby name. Please feel free to send in more questions about the Baby Name Map by clicking the Contact link in to the top right of all pages on the site. I'll try to answer as soon as I can.