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Derrick
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name2 syllables3 tokens
Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#850 for boys
Peak
1980, #74
Since 1880
146,344 babies
On licences
11 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Derrick was given to 288 boys in 2025, ranking 850th for the year. It peaked in 1980, when it ranked 74th and went to 4,135 babies. It has appeared in 98 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 301 places since 2020. It is also on 11 dog licences in New York City, ranked 6,084th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Derrick, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Derrick 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.