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Jones

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name2 syllables1 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

#811 for boys

Peak

2025, #811

Since 1880

5,495 babies

On licences

83 dogs in New York

Charting: Jones

Figure 1. Human babies named Jones, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2025. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Jones was given to 306 boys in 2025, ranking 811th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 811th and went to 306 babies. It has appeared in 142 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 83 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,384th among dogs there, and on 4 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

Villain probability, by sound

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Jones 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 2025. Public domain.

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

Jones · a human name, by the numbers · Name My Agent