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Lance
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 2024
#841 for boys
Peak
1970, #76
Since 1880
105,908 babies
On licences
69 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Lance was given to 290 boys in 2024, ranking 841st for the year. It peaked in 1970, when it ranked 76th and went to 4,160 babies. It has appeared in 125 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 69 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,611th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Lance, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Lance 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.