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Marcel

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.

Register Marcel

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#753 for boys

Peak

2022, #659

Since 1880

20,759 babies

On licences

105 dogs in New York

Charting: Marcel

Figure 1. Human babies named Marcel, per million births of boys, 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

Marcel was given to 339 boys in 2024, ranking 753rd for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 659th and went to 417 babies. It has appeared in 129 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 105 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,160th among dogs there, and on 5 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Marcel 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.