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Kane

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

Human name2 syllables2 tokens

Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Recorded as

Boys

In 2025

#451 for boys

Peak

2018, #319

Since 1880

19,557 babies

On licences

243 dogs in New York

Charting: Kane

Figure 1. Human babies named Kane, 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

Kane was given to 695 boys in 2025, ranking 451st for the year. It peaked in 2018, when it ranked 319th and went to 1,055 babies. It has appeared in 73 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 243 dog licences in New York City, ranked 552nd among dogs there, and on 4 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

Villain probability, by sound

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Kane 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.

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