Personal Names Popularity Estimation and Its Application to Record Linkage

In this study, we investigate several statistical techniques for personal name popularity estimation and perform a record linkage experiment guided by name popularity estimates. The results show that name popularity can leverage personal name matching in databases and be of interest for many other domains.

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