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Promise
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
#826 for girls
Peak
2023, #714
Since 1880
6,838 babies
On licences
26 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Promise was given to 330 girls in 2025, ranking 826th for the year. It peaked in 2023, when it ranked 714th and went to 395 babies. It has appeared in 51 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 26 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,431st among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Promise, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Promise 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.