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api-ninjas-com Baby Names API

The Baby Names API provides tens of thousands of unique and popular baby names for boys, girls, and gender-neutral names.

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GET /v1/babynames Retrieve baby names #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ninjas Baby Names API
  description: 'Combined OpenAPI specification for every API Ninjas endpoint. Requests go to https://api.api-ninjas.com with an `X-Api-Key` header; get a free key at https://api-ninjas.com/register. Human-readable docs: https://api-ninjas.com/api. Index for LLMs: https://api-ninjas.com/llms.txt.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: API Ninjas
    url: https://api-ninjas.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.api-ninjas.com
  description: API Ninjas Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Baby Names
  description: The Baby Names API provides tens of thousands of unique and popular baby names for boys, girls, and gender-neutral names.
paths:
  /v1/babynames:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve baby names
      description: Returns baby names, optionally filtered by `gender` (boy, girl or neutral). By default only popular names, the top 10%, are returned; set popular_only to false for the full pool.
      operationId: getBabyNames
      parameters:
      - name: gender
        in: query
        description: 'Baby name gender. Must be one of the following: boy, girl, neutral'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - boy
          - girl
          - neutral
      - name: popular_only
        in: query
        description: Whether to only return popular (top 10%) of names. Must be either true or false. If unset, default is true.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BabyNames'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BabyNamesOpenapi_BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BabyNamesOpenapi_Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BabyNamesOpenapi_InternalServerError'
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      tags:
      - Baby Names
components:
  responses:
    BabyNames:
      description: A list of baby names
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BabyNamesResponse'
    BabyNamesOpenapi_BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BabyNamesOpenapi_Error'
    BabyNamesOpenapi_Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BabyNamesOpenapi_Error'
    BabyNamesOpenapi_InternalServerError:
      description: Internal Server Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BabyNamesOpenapi_Error'
  schemas:
    BabyNamesResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        type: string
      description: An array of baby names.
    BabyNamesOpenapi_Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
externalDocs:
  description: API Ninjas documentation
  url: https://api-ninjas.com/api