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Duff

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 Duff

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

Not given

Peak

1880, #945

Since 1880

441 babies

On licences

24 dogs in New York

Charting: Duff

Figure 1. Human babies named Duff, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020242345peak 1880 · #945
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

Duff was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 2008. It peaked in 1880, when it ranked 945th and went to 5 babies. It has appeared in 42 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 24 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,574th among dogs there, and on 2 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Duff yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A vintage name. Human parents have set it down, which means it is yours to pick up.

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.