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Add fake U.S. Social Security Numbers #29

@aalexandersson

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@aalexandersson

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Yes, I need fake U.S. Social Security Numbers (SSN) as part of new public datasets for testing record linkage. Unfortunately, Faker.jl does not have the feature of faking SSN.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like Faker.jl to add a provider for SSN.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Python Faker has a provider implementation at https://github.com/joke2k/faker/blob/master/faker/providers/ssn/en_US/__init__.py but I prefer Julia.
I could not find SSN being implemented in one of the existing providers for Faker.jl.

Additional context
If the feature is added, then the package would be very useful to many researchers and institutions for testing record linkage on public datasets. Personally, I need it for my work at the Florida cancer registry. I also need fake data for full name, date of birth, gender, street address and zip code; it seems that Faker.jl already can do this. I am a beginner Julia user, willing and able to learn more and to test any feature of the package, especially if the requested feature is added.

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