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Penny

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.

Register Penny

Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#747 for girls

Peak

1963, #86

Since 1880

100,631 babies

On licences

2,966 dogs in New York

Charting: Penny

Figure 1. Human babies named Penny, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020241,3302,660peak 1963 · #86
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

Penny was given to 376 girls in 2024, ranking 747th for the year. It peaked in 1963, when it ranked 86th and went to 5,127 babies. It has appeared in 130 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 2,966 dog licences in New York City, ranked 20th among dogs there, and on 120 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Penny yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

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.