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Baby Names API

Explore popular baby names ranked by gender, initial, and decade.

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Endpoints

GET /v1/babynames

Search popular US baby names by gender, name prefix, or decade

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDefaultConstraints
decadeintegeroptional—>= 0
genderstringoptional—one of: m, f
limitintegeroptional——
offsetintegeroptional——
starts_withstringoptional——

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://baby-names.p.rapidapi.com/v1/babynames?decade=0&gender=example' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: baby-names.p.rapidapi.com'

Interactive Example

baby-names
$ GET /v1/babynames?gender=f&starts_with=Em&limit=1
{"data":[{"name":"Emma","gender":"f","decade":2010,"count":242874}],"meta":{"total":1,"limit":1,"offset":0}}

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