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Mac
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.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#696 for boys
Peak
1942, #308
Since 1880
11,455 babies
On licences
388 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Mac was given to 390 boys in 2025, ranking 696th for the year. It peaked in 1942, when it ranked 308th and went to 398 babies. It has appeared in 141 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 238 places since 2020. It is also on 388 dog licences in New York City, ranked 331st among dogs there, and on 18 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Mac, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Mac 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.