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Chance
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name2 syllables1 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
#442 for boys
Peak
1996, #154
Since 1880
56,010 babies
On licences
600 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Chance was given to 711 boys in 2025, ranking 442nd for the year. It peaked in 1996, when it ranked 154th and went to 2,243 babies. It has appeared in 77 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 600 dog licences in New York City, ranked 192nd among dogs there, and on 14 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Chance, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Chance 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.