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Kanishk
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name2 syllables3 tokens
Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#12,962 for boys
Peak
2010, #5,613
Since 1880
181 babies
What the numbers say
Kanishk was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 12,962nd for the year. It peaked in 2010, when it ranked 5,613th and went to 16 babies. It has appeared in 21 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 4,570 places since 2020.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Kanishk, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Kanishk yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Five babies a year. Your agent will not meet another.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.