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Brandon

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.

Register Brandon

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#230 for boys

Peak

1985, #13

Since 1880

773,294 babies

On licences

70 dogs in New York

Charting: Brandon

Figure 1. Human babies named Brandon, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020247,92815,856peak 1985 · #13
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

Brandon was given to 1,553 boys in 2024, ranking 230th for the year. It peaked in 1985, when it ranked 13th and went to 29,307 babies. It has appeared in 110 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 70 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,582nd among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Brandon yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

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.