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Buff

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.

Register Buff

Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

Not given

Peak

1955, #2,988

Since 1880

78 babies

On licences

5 dogs in New York

Charting: Buff

Figure 1. Human babies named Buff, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
1880192019602000202448peak 1955 · #2988
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

Buff was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 1961. It peaked in 1955, when it ranked 2,988th and went to 15 babies. It has appeared in 8 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 5 dog licences in New York City, ranked 11,517th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Buff yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A name that has been resting. The break will do it good.

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.