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Able

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name2 syllables1 token

Costs 1 token on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 73,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Register Able

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#5,223 for boys

Peak

2014, #2,661

Since 1880

1,096 babies

On licences

5 dogs in New York

Charting: Able

Figure 1. Human babies named Able, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Able was given to 18 boys in 2024, ranking 5,223rd for the year. It peaked in 2014, when it ranked 2,661st and went to 45 babies. It has appeared in 79 of the 145 years on record. It has fallen 741 places since 2019. It is also on 5 dog licences in New York City, ranked 11,310th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

Names that peaked alongside Able, for a fleet with a birth year.

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Able yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Rare enough that the name is yours in the workspace, and common enough that it is a name.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2024. Public domain.

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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.