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Ira

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.

Register Ira

Recorded as

Girls and boys

In 2024

#975 for boys

Peak

1881, #57

Since 1880

62,006 babies

On licences

27 dogs in New York

Charting: Ira

Figure 1. Human babies named Ira, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020241,4202,839peak 1881 · #57
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

Ira was given to 230 boys in 2024, ranking 975th for the year. It peaked in 1881, when it ranked 57th and went to 286 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. In 2024 it was given to girls and boys in near-equal numbers. It is also on 27 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,307th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

Names that peaked alongside Ira, for a fleet with a birth year.

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Ira yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

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.