babynamesIL 0.2.1

Breaking Changes

• Sector renamed: “Christian” sector is now “Christian-Arab” to match CBS terminology. Update your code: filter(sector == "Christian") becomes filter(sector == "Christian-Arab").

• “Other” sector removed: The “Other” sector is no longer included in babynamesIL. Historical “Other” sector data (1985-2021) is available in the new babynamesIL_other dataset.

• 1948 data moved: The 1948 data is now in a separate babynamesIL_1948 dataset. The main babynamesIL dataset now covers 1949-2024.

New Features

• Updated data through 2024 from CBS Release 391/2025.

• New dataset babynamesIL_1948: Legacy 1948 baby name data preserved from earlier CBS release.

• New dataset babynamesIL_other: Archived “Other” sector data (1985-2021) for historical research.

• Improved documentation with comprehensive details about data sources and breaking changes.

Data Changes

• Year range: 1949-2024 (vs 1948-2023 in previous version)
• Sectors: Jewish, Muslim, Christian-Arab, Druze (removed “Other”)
• Total rows: ~159K (vs ~131K in previous version)
• Primary source: CBS Release 391/2025

Internal

• Refactored data processing into data-raw/process_cbs_data.R for maintainability.
• Added archive creation script data-raw/create_archives.R.

babynamesIL 0.0.3

• Added 2023 data.

babynamesIL 0.0.2

• Added 2022 data.

babynamesIL 0.0.1

• Initial release.