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Melvin
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 2024
#872 for boys
Peak
1928, #48
Since 1880
246,815 babies
On licences
44 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Melvin was given to 275 boys in 2024, ranking 872nd for the year. It peaked in 1928, when it ranked 48th and went to 4,249 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 44 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,319th among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Melvin, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Melvin 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.