API Operational

Names

U.S. given-name popularity, trends, and historical records from Social Security data.

Public audience Open access Active 45/100 agent readiness

Integration

Base URLhttps://names.datasourceapi.comOpen

Documentationhttps://names.datasourceapi.com/docsOpen

Repositoryhttps://github.com/coopalliance/cca-cucm-servicesOpen

JSON metadatahttps://services.datasourceapi.com/api/v1/services/namesOpen

Agent-readable Markdownhttps://services.datasourceapi.com/services/names.mdOpen

Authentication: No authentication is required for public lookups.

Capabilities

DemographicsName PopularityNamesTime Series

Provenance and freshness

• U.S. Social Security Administration: National baby-name records from 1880 onward, subject to SSA suppression rules. Source ↗

Update cadence: Annual source publication; deployment cadence is not published.
Metadata verified: 2026-09-03

Agent readiness

Limited · 45/100 45%

Public docs exist, but a directly attributable implementation repository and OpenAPI URL were not confirmed.

Example queries

Name lookup

Retrieve historical data for a given name.

GET https://names.datasourceapi.com/api/v1/name/Mary