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Neil
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable1 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
Boys
In 2025
#851 for boys
Peak
1933, #149
Since 1880
105,254 babies
On licences
22 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Neil was given to 288 boys in 2025, ranking 851st for the year. It peaked in 1933, when it ranked 149th and went to 997 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It is also on 22 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,814th among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Neil, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Neil 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.