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Bear
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable1 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 2025
#853 for boys
Peak
2022, #760
Since 1880
3,356 babies
On licences
1,976 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Bear was given to 286 boys in 2025, ranking 853rd for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 760th and went to 332 babies. It has appeared in 29 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 1,976 dog licences in New York City, ranked 41st among dogs there, and on 85 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Bear, for a fleet with a birth year.
Villain probability, by sound
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Bear 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.