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Edison
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name3 syllables2 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
#870 for boys
Peak
2018, #538
Since 1880
12,738 babies
On licences
55 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Edison was given to 276 boys in 2025, ranking 870th for the year. It peaked in 2018, when it ranked 538th and went to 522 babies. It has appeared in 133 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 271 places since 2020. It is also on 55 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,937th among dogs there, and on 4 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Edison, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Edison 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.