Homework: Practice on baby names (optional)

Exercises from last year

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Deadline
Tuesday, November 1 at 1:30 PM
Points
0 Homework points
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Requirements

Using the 2015 states+specific babyname set, run all of these queries, but run them with state='US' (to count nationwide names only)

  • 10 most popular names overall
  • 5 most popular boy names
  • 5 most popular names that begin with 'Mich'
  • 5 most popular names with exactly 6 characters that begin with the letters "Ja"
  • 5 most popular girl names with 4 or fewer characters
  • 3 most popular names that begin with 'Z'
  • 3 most popular names with at least 2 consecutive "r" letters
  • 5 most popular girl names that end in a vowel
  • 5 most popular girl names that don't end in a vowel
  • 5 most popular boy names that begin and end in vowels
  • The 5 longest names, sorted by popularity
  • 5 longest names with at least 1,000 babies

Aggregates

  • Number of rows in the babynames table
  • Number of total babies in the babynames table
  • Number of unique names
  • Number of names with more than 10,000 babies
  • Total number of girl names and babies
  • Total number of names and babies, boys versus girls

Answers are from last year.