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Hugh
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable2 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
#732 for boys
Peak
1887, #69
Since 1880
84,179 babies
On licences
10 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Hugh was given to 360 boys in 2025, ranking 732nd for the year. It peaked in 1887, when it ranked 69th and went to 250 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It is also on 10 dog licences in New York City, ranked 6,655th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Hugh, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Hugh 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.