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Cal
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.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#543 for boys
Peak
2025, #543
Since 1880
7,868 babies
On licences
27 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Cal was given to 554 boys in 2025, ranking 543rd for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 543rd and went to 554 babies. It has appeared in 143 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 394 places since 2020. It is also on 27 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,282nd among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Cal, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Cal 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.