Visualizing the normalized change in popularity

You picked a few names and calculated each of them as a fraction of their peak. This is a type of "normalizing" a name, where you're focused on the relative change within each name rather than the overall popularity of the name.

In this exercise, you'll visualize the normalized popularity of each name. Your work from the previous exercise, names_normalized, has been provided for you.

names_normalized <- babynames %>%
                     group_by(name) %>%
                     mutate(name_total = sum(number),
                            name_max = max(number)) %>%
                     ungroup() %>%
                     mutate(fraction_max = number / name_max)

Filter the names_normalized table to limit it to the three names Steven, Thomas, and Matthew.
Create a line plot to visualize fraction_max over time, colored by name.

Exercise

Visualizing the normalized change in popularity

Instructions