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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.

Register Joy

Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#442 for girls

Peak

1974, #109

Since 1880

142,535 babies

On licences

362 dogs in New York

Charting: Joy

Figure 1. Human babies named Joy, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

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

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2024. Public domain.

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