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Riley

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.

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Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#42 for girls

Peak

2016, #22

Since 1880

240,821 babies

On licences

2,113 dogs in New York

Charting: Riley

Figure 1. Human babies named Riley, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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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

Riley was given to 4,644 girls in 2024, ranking 42nd for the year. It peaked in 2016, when it ranked 22nd and went to 7,159 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 2,113 dog licences in New York City, ranked 37th among dogs there, and on 59 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Riley 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.