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Irving

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 Irving

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#1,617 for boys

Peak

1911, #93

Since 1880

44,358 babies

On licences

42 dogs in New York

Charting: Irving

Figure 1. Human babies named Irving, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020249541,907peak 1911 · #93
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

Irving was given to 105 boys in 2024, ranking 1,617th for the year. It peaked in 1911, when it ranked 93rd and went to 431 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 42 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,396th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Irving yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Rare enough that the name is yours in the workspace, and common enough that it is a name.

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.