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Bess
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable2 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
Girls
In 2025
#15,307 for girls
Peak
1887, #157
Since 1880
7,176 babies
On licences
36 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Bess was given to 5 girls in 2025, ranking 15,307th for the year. It peaked in 1887, when it ranked 157th and went to 155 babies. It has appeared in 142 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 4,047 places since 2020. It is also on 36 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,661st among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Bess, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Bess yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Five babies a year. Your agent will not meet another.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.