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Byron
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
#981 for boys
Peak
1967, #196
Since 1880
82,541 babies
On licences
45 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Byron was given to 233 boys in 2025, ranking 981st for the year. It peaked in 1967, when it ranked 196th and went to 1,180 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It is also on 45 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,255th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Byron, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Byron 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.