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Major
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name2 syllables1 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 2024
#580 for boys
Peak
2017, #330
Since 1880
21,331 babies
On licences
282 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Major was given to 490 boys in 2024, ranking 580th for the year. It peaked in 2017, when it ranked 330th and went to 1,042 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It has fallen 230 places since 2019. It is also on 282 dog licences in New York City, ranked 465th among dogs there, and on 6 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Major, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Major 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.