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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 2025
#419 for girls
Peak
1974, #109
Since 1880
143,324 babies
On licences
362 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Joy was given to 747 girls in 2025, ranking 419th for the year. It peaked in 1974, when it ranked 109th and went to 2,757 babies. It has appeared in 142 of the 146 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.