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Lorelei

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

Human name3 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

Girls

In 2025

#441 for girls

Peak

2022, #442

Since 1880

18,189 babies

On licences

13 dogs in New York

Charting: Lorelei

Figure 1. Human babies named Lorelei, per million births of girls, 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

Lorelei was given to 699 girls in 2025, ranking 441st for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 442nd and went to 715 babies. It has appeared in 105 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 13 dog licences in New York City, ranked 5,523rd among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Lorelei 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.

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