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Cheng
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable2 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
#12,389 for boys
Peak
1990, #1,845
Since 1880
684 babies
On licences
12 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Cheng was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 12,389th for the year. It peaked in 1990, when it ranked 1,845th and went to 42 babies. It has appeared in 37 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 5,686 places since 2020. It is also on 12 dog licences in New York City, ranked 5,702nd among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Cheng, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Cheng yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Five babies a year. Your agent will not meet another.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.