ShinyApp: Pseudonym Generator
shiny
Objective:
Develop a Shiny app-based pseudonym generator that useshistorical U.S. Social Security data to generate names based on gender and year, aiding in anonymizing quotes while reflecting the demographic details of participants.
Approach
Implemented a user-friendly interface in Shiny where users can specify the first name, age, and gender preference for pseudonyms. The app filters names starting with the same letter as the input and selects those popular in the user’s birth year, providing a personalized yet anonymous identifier.
Tools Used
Usethe Shiny package in R for the web app framework. The babynames package provided access to a comprehensive dataset from the U.S. Social Security Administration, covering names from 1880 to 2017.