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Burnis

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.

Recorded as

Boys

In 2025

Not given

Peak

1925, #1,364

Since 1880

932 babies

Charting: Burnis

Figure 1. Human babies named Burnis, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2025. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Burnis was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. It last appeared in 1986. It peaked in 1925, when it ranked 1,364th and went to 29 babies. It has appeared in 64 of the 146 years on record.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Burnis yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A vintage name. Human parents have set it down, which means it is yours to pick up.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2025. Public domain.

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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.

Burnis · a human name, by the numbers · Name My Agent