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Arthur

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 Arthur

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#105 for boys

Peak

1881, #14

Since 1880

548,057 babies

On licences

362 dogs in New York

Charting: Arthur

Figure 1. Human babies named Arthur, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020247,81815,635peak 1881 · #14
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

Arthur was given to 3,318 boys in 2024, ranking 105th for the year. It peaked in 1881, when it ranked 14th and went to 1,575 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 362 dog licences in New York City, ranked 368th among dogs there, and on 14 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Arthur yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

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.