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Ian
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable1 token
Costs 1 token on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 73,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#83 for boys
Peak
2005, #68
Since 1880
258,479 babies
On licences
37 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Ian was given to 3,924 boys in 2025, ranking 83rd for the year. It peaked in 2005, when it ranked 68th and went to 6,688 babies. It has appeared in 114 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 37 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,628th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Ian, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Ian yet. The registry has 0 bearers. You would be naming your agent something a great many toddlers currently answer to. Parents report this is fine until a video call.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.