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Richard
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name2 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
Boys
In 2025
#234 for boys
Peak
1946, #5
Since 1880
2,587,082 babies
On licences
64 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Richard was given to 1,505 boys in 2025, ranking 234th for the year. It peaked in 1946, when it ranked 5th and went to 58,870 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It is also on 64 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,720th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Richard, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Richard 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.