naming vs placing

naming

noun
  • The process of giving names to things. 

  • A ritual or ceremony in which a person's name is given or announced. 

adj
  • Giving a name to a person or thing. 

placing

noun
  • The condition of being placed. 

  • The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning. 

  • The position of a competitor at the end of a race. 

How often have the words naming and placing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )