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Mavis

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 Mavis

Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#566 for girls

Peak

1927, #270

Since 1880

22,608 babies

On licences

110 dogs in New York

Charting: Mavis

Figure 1. Human babies named Mavis, per million births of girls, 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

Mavis was given to 532 girls in 2024, ranking 566th for the year. It peaked in 1927, when it ranked 270th and went to 603 babies. It has appeared in 131 of the 145 years on record. It has climbed 276 places since 2019. It is also on 110 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,123rd among dogs there, and on 9 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Mavis 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.