babynamesil 0.2.1

Israeli baby names dataset (1949-2024) from CBS

babynamesil

Israeli baby names dataset (1949-2024) from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

This package provides easy access to comprehensive baby name statistics from Israel, including names given to at least 5 babies per year, categorized by demographic sector, sex, and year.

Installation

pip install babynamesil

Quick Start

import babynamesil

# Load the main dataset
df = babynamesil.load_data()
print(df.head())

Output:

   sector  year sex  name     n      prop
0  Jewish  1949   F  רחל  1362  0.038065
1  Jewish  1949   F  אסתר  1344  0.037562
2  Jewish  1949   F  שרה  1190  0.033258
3  Jewish  1949   F  מרים   964  0.026942
4  Jewish  1949   F  חנה   895  0.025013

Usage Examples

Find the most popular names in 2024

import babynamesil

df = babynamesil.load_data()

# Top 10 Jewish names in 2024
top_2024 = (
    df[(df['year'] == 2024) & (df['sector'] == 'Jewish')]
    .groupby('sex')
    .apply(lambda x: x.nlargest(10, 'n')[['name', 'n']])
)
print(top_2024)

Track a name over time

import babynamesil
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

df = babynamesil.load_data()

# Track the name "נועם" (Noam) over time
noam = df[(df['name'] == 'נועם') & (df['sector'] == 'Jewish')]
noam_pivot = noam.pivot(index='year', columns='sex', values='prop')

noam_pivot.plot(title='נועם - Popularity Over Time')
plt.ylabel('Proportion')
plt.show()

Get all-time totals

import babynamesil

totals = babynamesil.load_totals()

# Most popular names of all time (Jewish sector)
jewish_totals = totals[totals['sector'] == 'Jewish']
print(jewish_totals.groupby('sex').apply(lambda x: x.nlargest(5, 'total')))

Available Datasets

Function	Description	Years	Rows
load_data()	Main baby names by year/sector/sex	1949-2024	~160K
load_totals()	Aggregated totals by name	1949-2024	~8K
load_1948()	Legacy 1948 data	1948	~500
load_other()	Archived "Other" sector	1985-2021	~5K

Data Structure

Main Dataset (load_data())

Column	Type	Description
sector	str	"Jewish", "Muslim", "Christian-Arab", or "Druze"
year	int	Birth year (1949-2024)
sex	str	"M" (male) or "F" (female)
name	str	Baby name in Hebrew
n	int	Count of babies with this name
prop	float	Proportion within year/sector/sex (0-1)

Totals Dataset (load_totals())

Column	Type	Description
sector	str	Demographic sector
sex	str	"M" or "F"
name	str	Baby name in Hebrew
total	int	Total count across all years

Data Source

All data is sourced from CBS (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics) Release 391/2025:

• Press release: השמות הפרטיים שניתנו לילידי 2024
• Data file: 11_25_391t1.xlsx

Related Projects

• R package: babynamesIL on CRAN
• Web app: babynames.lifshitz.xyz

License

CC0 1.0 Universal - This work is dedicated to the public domain.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.