How to count identical string elements in a Ruby array

Question

I have the following Array = [\"Jason\", \"Jason\", \"Teresa\", \"Judah\", \"Michelle\", \"Judah\", \"Judah\", \"Allison\"]

How do I produce a count for

Answer 1

names.inject(Hash.new(0)) { |total, e| total[e] += 1 ;total}

gives you

{"Jason"=>2, "Teresa"=>1, "Judah"=>3, "Michelle"=>1, "Allison"=>1}