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Joseph
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 2024
#32 for boys
Peak
1914, #5
Since 1880
2,672,746 babies
On licences
36 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Joseph was given to 7,223 boys in 2024, ranking 32nd for the year. It peaked in 1914, when it ranked 5th and went to 18,829 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 36 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,683rd among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Joseph, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Joseph 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
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.