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Doug

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.

Register Doug

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

Not given

Peak

1962, #170

Since 1880

22,477 babies

On licences

134 dogs in New York

Charting: Doug

Figure 1. Human babies named Doug, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
18801920196020002024445891peak 1962 · #170
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Doug was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 2023. It peaked in 1962, when it ranked 170th and went to 1,843 babies. It has appeared in 91 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 134 dog licences in New York City, ranked 947th among dogs there, and on 11 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Doug yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A name that has been resting. The break will do it good.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2024. Public domain.

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