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Mason

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.

Register Mason

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#42 for boys

Peak

2011, #2

Since 1880

339,506 babies

On licences

535 dogs in New York

Charting: Mason

Figure 1. Human babies named Mason, 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

Mason was given to 6,471 boys in 2024, ranking 42nd for the year. It peaked in 2011, when it ranked 2nd and went to 19,528 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 535 dog licences in New York City, ranked 220th among dogs there, and on 6 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Mason 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.