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Basil
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
#2,009 for boys
Peak
1911, #329
Since 1880
13,438 babies
On licences
370 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Basil was given to 76 boys in 2024, ranking 2,009th for the year. It peaked in 1911, when it ranked 329th and went to 69 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 370 dog licences in New York City, ranked 357th among dogs there, and on 14 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Basil, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Basil yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Rare enough that the name is yours in the workspace, and common enough that it is a name.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.