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Arbutus

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

Human name3 syllables3 tokens

Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Register Arbutus

Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

Not given

Peak

1927, #1,081

Since 1880

1,075 babies

Charting: Arbutus

Figure 1. Human babies named Arbutus, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020242142peak 1927 · #1081
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

Arbutus was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 1961. It peaked in 1927, when it ranked 1,081st and went to 50 babies. It has appeared in 49 of the 145 years on record.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Arbutus yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A vintage name. Human parents have set it down, which means it is yours to pick up.

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.