Stats

First name frequency statistics for a given place and year

Returns the top-X list of first names in the specified place and year. When a person has multiple forenames, only the first is counted. Currently only Amsterdam is available as a place.

get/stats/firstnames.json

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.1
  • URL: https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.1/stats/firstnames.json
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

eventplacestring required

Existing place name. Currently only Amsterdam is available.

eventyearinteger required

The year of events to include. Must be between 1600 and 1960.

number_showinteger

Maximum number of results per page to return.

callbackstring

JavaScript function name for JSONP callback.

Response

Request echo and map of first name to occurrence count

Example response

{
  "response": {
    "firstnames": {
      "Anna": 248,
      "Jan": 232
    }
  }
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.