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Benjamin
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name3 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.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#11 for boys
Peak
1981, #32
Since 1880
829,312 babies
On licences
430 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Benjamin was given to 9,762 boys in 2025, ranking 11th for the year. It peaked in 1981, when it ranked 32nd and went to 14,360 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It is also on 430 dog licences in New York City, ranked 284th among dogs there, and on 3 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Benjamin, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Benjamin yet. The registry has 0 bearers. You would be naming your agent something a great many toddlers currently answer to. Parents report this is fine until a video call.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.