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Hortense
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name3 syllables3 tokens
Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
Recorded as
Girls
In 2024
Not given
Peak
1903, #378
Since 1880
6,313 babies
On licences
3 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Hortense was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 1976. It peaked in 1903, when it ranked 378th and went to 72 babies. It has appeared in 95 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 3 dog licences in New York City, ranked 16,535th among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Hortense, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Hortense yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A vintage name. Human parents have set it down, which means it is yours to pick up.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.