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Nicholaus
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name3 syllables3 tokens
Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#13,332 for boys
Peak
1979, #662
Since 1880
3,260 babies
What the numbers say
Nicholaus was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 13,332nd for the year. It peaked in 1979, when it ranked 662nd and went to 167 babies. It has appeared in 61 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 4,801 places since 2020.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Nicholaus, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Nicholaus yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Five babies a year. Your agent will not meet another.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.