Playing with meteor strikes dataset

Playing with meteor strikes dataset - student project

I'm a vfx artist, and I use animation tools a lot.
This class is really fun, and I start to think about:
"Can I turn what I learned from this class into an animation?"

The answer is yes.
My idea is to take the year as frame in my animation timeline.
What follows is what I've got so far.
Now,I was thinking how to integrate the name strings into my animation.