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Marlin
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 2025
#1,788 for boys
Peak
1935, #276
Since 1880
22,834 babies
On licences
32 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Marlin was given to 90 boys in 2025, ranking 1,788th for the year. It peaked in 1935, when it ranked 276th and went to 386 babies. It has appeared in 132 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 298 places since 2020. It is also on 32 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,954th among dogs there, and on 2 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Marlin, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Marlin yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Rare enough that the name is yours in the workspace, and common enough that it is a name.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.