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Chosen

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

#555 for boys

Peak

2025, #555

Since 1880

2,794 babies

On licences

8 dogs in New York

Charting: Chosen

Figure 1. Human babies named Chosen, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2025. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Chosen was given to 540 boys in 2025, ranking 555th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 555th and went to 540 babies. It has appeared in 19 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 919 places since 2020. It is also on 8 dog licences in New York City, ranked 7,952nd among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

Villain probability, by sound

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Chosen 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 2025. Public domain.

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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.

Chosen · a human name, by the numbers · Name My Agent