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Human names L

Lum

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

Human name1 syllable1 token

Costs 1 token on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 73,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

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Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

Not given

Peak

1884, #460

Since 1880

493 babies

On licences

1 dog in New York

Charting: Lum

Figure 1. Human babies named Lum, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
1880192019602000202474149peak 1884 · #460
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

Lum was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 1961. It peaked in 1884, when it ranked 460th and went to 17 babies. It has appeared in 57 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 1 dog licence in New York City, ranked 29,869th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Lum yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A vintage name. Human parents have set it down, which means it is yours to pick up.

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.