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Joe
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
#994 for boys
Peak
1907, #23
Since 1880
464,574 babies
On licences
140 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Joe was given to 230 boys in 2025, ranking 994th for the year. It peaked in 1907, when it ranked 23rd and went to 1,177 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It has fallen 266 places since 2020. It is also on 140 dog licences in New York City, ranked 910th among dogs there, and on 2 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Joe, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Joe 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.