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Lyra

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.

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Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#482 for girls

Peak

2023, #482

Since 1880

7,378 babies

On licences

115 dogs in New York

Charting: Lyra

Figure 1. Human babies named Lyra, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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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

Lyra was given to 638 girls in 2024, ranking 482nd for the year. It peaked in 2023, when it ranked 482nd and went to 638 babies. It has appeared in 77 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 115 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,087th among dogs there, and on 3 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Lyra 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.