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Mary
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.
Recorded as
Girls
In 2025
#125 for girls
Peak
1880, #1
Since 1880
4,156,654 babies
On licences
200 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Mary was given to 2,230 girls in 2025, ranking 125th for the year. It peaked in 1880, when it ranked 1st and went to 7,065 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It is also on 200 dog licences in New York City, ranked 661st among dogs there, and on 3 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Mary, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Mary yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.