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Ben
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
#843 for boys
Peak
1889, #43
Since 1880
85,816 babies
On licences
354 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Ben was given to 292 boys in 2025, ranking 843rd for the year. It peaked in 1889, when it ranked 43rd and went to 453 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It is also on 354 dog licences in New York City, ranked 377th among dogs there, and on 7 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Ben, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Ben 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.