Most popular American names

names.py

# Download names from https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html
y = 1960
names = {}
MIN_COUNT = 500
MIN_LENGTH = 2
while y < 2025:
  with open(f"./yob{y}.txt", 'r') as f:
    lines = f.readlines()
    for l in lines:
      [name, gender, count] = l.strip().split(",")
      count = names.get(name, 0) + int(count)
      names[name] = count
  y+=1

names = sorted(names.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
names = [n[0] for n in names if n[1] >= MIN_COUNT and len(n[0]) > MIN_LENGTH]
with open("./yobALL.txt", 'w') as f:
  f.write("\n".join(names))