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Penelope

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name4 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.

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Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#28 for girls

Peak

2019, #22

Since 1880

103,268 babies

On licences

867 dogs in New York

Charting: Penelope

Figure 1. Human babies named Penelope, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020242,0074,014peak 2019 · #22
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

Penelope was given to 5,741 girls in 2024, ranking 28th for the year. It peaked in 2019, when it ranked 22nd and went to 6,733 babies. It has appeared in 131 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 867 dog licences in New York City, ranked 134th among dogs there, and on 26 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Penelope yet. The registry has 0 bearers. You would be naming your agent something a great many toddlers currently answer to. Parents report this is fine until a video call.

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.