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Michelle
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name3 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
#465 for girls
Peak
1969, #2
Since 1880
819,760 babies
On licences
42 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Michelle was given to 661 girls in 2025, ranking 465th for the year. It peaked in 1969, when it ranked 2nd and went to 34,319 babies. It has appeared in 108 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 42 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,410th among dogs there, and on 2 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Michelle, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Michelle 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.