Data sources

Minelead uses its own database of first and last names to show a person's likely gender and to read names in email addresses. We built it from our own data and from open datasets. Those whose licence asks to be credited are listed below, with that licence. We thank their publishers.

A gender shown on Minelead is an estimate from the first name, with how sure we are. It is never a fact about the person.

Open datasets

• Alberta: Frequency and ranking of baby names by year and gender
  Licence: Open Government Licence – Alberta
  Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta.
• Baby Name popularity over time
  Licence: CC BY 4.0
  Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), licensed under CC BY 4.0
• British Columbia: BC's most popular baby names, 100 years of baby names trends (1926-2025)
  Licence: Open Government Licence – British Columbia
  Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
• CSO Ireland: VSA50 Boys names, VSA60 Girls names, VSA110 Surnames of babies (PxStat)
  Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
  Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
• Fichier des noms (patronymes des personnes nées en France 1891-2000), fichier national
  Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
  Source : Insee
• Fichier des prénoms – Édition 2026 (données 1900-2025), fichier France entière
  Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
  Source : Insee
• National Records of Scotland: Babies' first names 2025, all names given to babies 1974 to 2025
  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
  Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• NISRA: Baby Names 2025, full name list Northern Ireland 1997 to 2025
  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
  Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• ONS: Baby names in England and Wales: from 1996 (1996 to 2025)
  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
  Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Ontario top baby names (male) and (female)
  Licence: Open Government Licence – Ontario
  Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
• RENAPER – Nombres de personas físicas (histórico 1922-2015)
  Licence: CC BY 4.0
• Retraite Québec: Banque de prénoms - Filles and Garçons (1980-2025)
  Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
  Source: Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, via Données Québec, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
• South Australia: Popular Baby Names (1944-2013 zip and 2014-2017 full lists)
  Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
  Source: Consumer and Business Services, Attorney-General's Department, Government of South Australia (data.sa.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
• Statbel: first names (2017) and family names (2026) of the total population by municipality
  Licence: CC BY 4.0
  Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics – Statistics Belgium)
• Statistics Canada Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators
  Licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence
  Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/1710014701-eng). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
• Statistics Iceland – Nöfn (most common given names and double names in the national register 2023; first names of newborns 2021)
  Licence: CC BY 4.0
  Statistics Iceland
• Statistics Norway StatBank tables 10501 (persons by first name), 12891 (surnames used by 200+), 10467 (newborns by first name)
  Licence: CC BY 4.0
  Statistics Norway (SSB)
• Statistik Austria – Vornamen der Lebendgeborenen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1)
  Licence: CC BY 4.0
  Datenquelle: Statistik Austria
• Väestötietojärjestelmän suomalaisten nimiaineistot (DVV)
  Licence: CC BY 4.0
  Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), CC BY 4.0