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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.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2024
#105 for boys
Peak
1881, #14
Since 1880
548,057 babies
On licences
362 dogs in New York
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
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.