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Emerson

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

Girls

In 2025

#122 for girls

Peak

2025, #122

Since 1880

67,571 babies

On licences

34 dogs in New York

Charting: Emerson

Figure 1. Human babies named Emerson, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2025. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020256971,394peak 2025 · #122
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Emerson was given to 2,241 girls in 2025, ranking 122nd for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 122nd and went to 2,241 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It is also on 34 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,792nd among dogs there, and on 3 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Emerson yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2025. Public domain.

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

Emerson · a human name, by the numbers · Name My Agent