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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.

Register Ian

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#75 for boys

Peak

2005, #68

Since 1880

254,514 babies

On licences

37 dogs in New York

Charting: Ian

Figure 1. Human babies named Ian, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020241,6743,349peak 2005 · #68
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Ian was given to 4,547 boys in 2024, ranking 75th for the year. It peaked in 2005, when it ranked 68th and went to 6,688 babies. It has appeared in 113 of the 145 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

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2024. Public domain.

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