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Marcellus

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name3 syllables3 tokens

Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Register Marcellus

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#948 for boys

Peak

2021, #732

Since 1880

9,397 babies

On licences

3 dogs in New York

Charting: Marcellus

Figure 1. Human babies named Marcellus, 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

Marcellus was given to 240 boys in 2024, ranking 948th for the year. It peaked in 2021, when it ranked 732nd and went to 351 babies. It has appeared in 142 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 3 dog licences in New York City, ranked 17,091st among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Marcellus 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.