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Elroy
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name2 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
#4,585 for boys
Peak
1922, #438
Since 1880
7,482 babies
On licences
16 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Elroy was given to 22 boys in 2025, ranking 4,585th for the year. It peaked in 1922, when it ranked 438th and went to 192 babies. It has appeared in 138 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 731 places since 2020. It is also on 16 dog licences in New York City, ranked 4,724th among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Elroy, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Elroy yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Rare enough that the name is yours in the workspace, and common enough that it is a name.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.