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Brian
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 2024
#301 for boys
Peak
1973, #8
Since 1880
1,177,325 babies
On licences
68 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Brian was given to 1,111 boys in 2024, ranking 301st for the year. It peaked in 1973, when it ranked 8th and went to 35,688 babies. It has appeared in 115 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 68 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,626th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Brian, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Brian 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.