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Belle

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 Belle

Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#1,005 for girls

Peak

1880, #90

Since 1880

18,976 babies

On licences

750 dogs in New York

Charting: Belle

Figure 1. Human babies named Belle, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020241,3082,616peak 1880 · #90
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

Belle was given to 254 girls in 2024, ranking 1,005th for the year. It peaked in 1880, when it ranked 90th and went to 238 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 750 dog licences in New York City, ranked 152nd among dogs there, and on 17 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Belle 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

  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.