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Buddy

The name of Claude Code's virtual pet feature, and of 4,010 licensed dogs in New York City, thirteenth there. Nobody has ever had to explain it.

Cutedog2 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.

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ORIGIN

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MEANING

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POPULARITY

#3,795 for human boys, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents

ON LICENCES

4,010 dogs in New York

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What we know

The name of Claude Code's virtual pet feature, and of 4,010 licensed dogs in New York City, thirteenth there. Nobody has ever had to explain it.

Popularity

Among human babies, Buddy peaked in 1935 at 202nd for boys. In 2024 it ranked 3795th, given to 29 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.

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Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Buddy
18801920196020002024290580peak 1935 · #202
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.

It is also on 4,010 dog licences in New York City, ranked 13th among dogs there, and on 99 in Seattle.

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