Baby Names Searcher is a Java program that allows you to search for a name in a dataset and view its popularity over the years. The program searches for the names in names.txt and meanings.txt files and displays a bar chart showing the ranking of the name over the years.
The dataset includes names data from the year 1890 onwards.
- Search for a name and view its popularity over the years
- Displays a bar chart with the popularity ranking of the name
- Gender-based color coding for the bar chart
- Support for continuous search until the user types 'quit'
- Java 8 or higher
- JFreeChart library
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Computer-Science-Classes/baby-names-searcher.git - Navigate to the project directory:
cd baby-names-searcher - Compile the program:
javac BabyNames.java - Run the program:
java BabyNames
The program will prompt you to enter a name. You can continue to enter names until you type 'quit'.
This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. For more information, see LICENSE.