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Hoby
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 2024
Not given
Peak
1958, #1,433
Since 1880
85 babies
What the numbers say
Hoby was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 1990. It peaked in 1958, when it ranked 1,433rd and went to 30 babies. It has appeared in 7 of the 145 years on record.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Hoby, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Hoby yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A name that has been resting. The break will do it good.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.