API · /babynames-api

Baby Names API

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US given-name popularity from 1880 to 2008 as an API — the top 1,000 names per year for each sex (SSA-derived dataset, 6,782 names). Pull a name's full popularity trend (e.g. Emma → girls: rank #1 in 2008, peaked again in 1881), get the top names for any year (e.g. 1990 → Jessica, Ashley, Brittany), or search names by prefix/substring. Each data point carries the year, the share of births (percent and per-million) and the rank. Ideal for name-trend visualisations, baby-name apps, nostalgia/genealogy tools and data journalism.

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Machine-readable spec so AI agents can integrate this API.

/api/babynames-api/openapi.json
/api/babynames-api/llms.txt

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Avg latency
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Pricing

Pick a tier — billed monthly, cancel anytime.

Free

Free

  • 6,000 calls / month
  • 2 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 6,000 calls/month
  • 2 req/sec
  • Trends + top-by-year + search
  • No credit card
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Starter

€4.00 /month

  • 70,000 calls / month
  • 8 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 70k calls/month
  • 8 req/sec
  • Full yearly series
  • Email support
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Pro

€12.00 /month

  • 350,000 calls / month
  • 20 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 350k calls/month
  • 20 req/sec
  • Name-trend dashboards
  • Priority support
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Mega

€30.00 /month

  • 1,600,000 calls / month
  • 50 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 1.6M calls/month
  • 50 req/sec
  • Media / data platform
  • Dedicated SLA
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.

How do I get an API key for Baby Names API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Baby Names API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Baby Names API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Baby Names API cost?
Baby Names API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €4.00 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Baby Names API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Baby Names API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.

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Code snippets

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curl https://api.oanor.com/babynames-api/SOME_PATH \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/babynames-api/SOME_PATH", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/babynames-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/babynames-api/SOME_PATH",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())

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