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Alec
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name2 syllables2 tokens
Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#977 for boys
Peak
1995, #112
Since 1880
55,489 babies
On licences
6 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Alec was given to 234 boys in 2025, ranking 977th for the year. It peaked in 1995, when it ranked 112th and went to 3,420 babies. It has appeared in 144 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 389 places since 2020. It is also on 6 dog licences in New York City, ranked 9,791st among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Alec, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Alec yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.