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Leland

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.

Register Leland

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#547 for boys

Peak

1921, #171

Since 1880

57,917 babies

On licences

12 dogs in New York

Charting: Leland

Figure 1. Human babies named Leland, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
18801920196020002024393786peak 1921 · #171
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

Leland was given to 540 boys in 2024, ranking 547th for the year. It peaked in 1921, when it ranked 171st and went to 866 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 12 dog licences in New York City, ranked 5,802nd among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Leland 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.