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Chen
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
Not given
Peak
1983, #4,186
Since 1880
250 babies
On licences
34 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Chen was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. It last appeared in 2024. It peaked in 1983, when it ranked 4,186th and went to 9 babies. It has appeared in 32 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 34 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,781st among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Chen, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Chen yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A name that has been resting. The break will do it good.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.