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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.
Recorded as
Girls
In 2025
Not given
Peak
1927, #1,081
Since 1880
1,075 babies
What the numbers say
Arbutus was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. 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 146 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
Our editors write full entries for names with an agent history. This one has the figures.
As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.