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Martin

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 Martin

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#308 for boys

Peak

1883, #46

Since 1880

316,023 babies

On licences

124 dogs in New York

Charting: Martin

Figure 1. Human babies named Martin, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020241,8023,603peak 1883 · #46
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

Martin was given to 1,101 boys in 2024, ranking 308th for the year. It peaked in 1883, when it ranked 46th and went to 377 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 124 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,016th among dogs there, and on 3 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Martin 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.