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Malcolm
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.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2024
#314 for boys
Peak
1992, #206
Since 1880
69,060 babies
On licences
79 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Malcolm was given to 1,088 boys in 2024, ranking 314th for the year. It peaked in 1992, when it ranked 206th and went to 1,495 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 79 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,448th among dogs there, and on 2 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Malcolm, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Malcolm 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.