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Joy
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
Girls
In 2024
#442 for girls
Peak
1974, #109
Since 1880
142,535 babies
On licences
362 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Joy was given to 702 girls in 2024, ranking 442nd for the year. It peaked in 1974, when it ranked 109th and went to 2,757 babies. It has appeared in 141 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 362 dog licences in New York City, ranked 370th among dogs there, and on 13 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Joy, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Joy 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.