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Adam

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.

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Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#100 for boys

Peak

1984, #18

Since 1880

578,925 babies

On licences

68 dogs in New York

Charting: Adam

Figure 1. Human babies named Adam, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020246,63213,264peak 1984 · #18
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

Adam was given to 3,497 boys in 2024, ranking 100th for the year. It peaked in 1984, when it ranked 18th and went to 23,940 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 68 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,624th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Adam yet. The registry has 0 bearers. You would be naming your agent something a great many toddlers currently answer to. Parents report this is fine until a video call.

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.