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Bernie
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 2025
#8,352 for boys
Peak
1907, #512
Since 1880
10,760 babies
On licences
384 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Bernie was given to 9 boys in 2025, ranking 8,352nd for the year. It peaked in 1907, when it ranked 512th and went to 21 babies. It has appeared in 145 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 3,082 places since 2020. It is also on 384 dog licences in New York City, ranked 336th among dogs there, and on 19 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Bernie, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Bernie 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.