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Maria

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.

Register Maria

Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#74 for girls

Peak

1966, #44

Since 1880

567,411 babies

On licences

44 dogs in New York

Charting: Maria

Figure 1. Human babies named Maria, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020242,6985,395peak 1966 · #44
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

Maria was given to 3,105 girls in 2024, ranking 74th for the year. It peaked in 1966, when it ranked 44th and went to 9,130 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 44 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,317th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Maria yet. The registry has 0 bearers. You would be naming your agent something a great many toddlers currently answer to. Parents report this is fine until a video call.

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.