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Cain

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.

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Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#974 for boys

Peak

2014, #726

Since 1880

7,441 babies

On licences

21 dogs in New York

Charting: Cain

Figure 1. Human babies named Cain, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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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

Cain was given to 230 boys in 2024, ranking 974th for the year. It peaked in 2014, when it ranked 726th and went to 330 babies. It has appeared in 88 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 21 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,877th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

Villain probability, by sound

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Cain yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

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.