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Barley
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 2024
Not given
Peak
2020, #9,682
Since 1880
19 babies
On licences
203 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Barley was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 2022. It peaked in 2020, when it ranked 9,682nd and went to 7 babies. It has appeared in 3 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 203 dog licences in New York City, ranked 651st among dogs there, and on 23 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Barley, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Barley yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A name that has been resting. The break will do it good.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.