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River

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

#111 for boys

Peak

2022, #105

Since 1880

59,351 babies

On licences

314 dogs in New York

Charting: River

Figure 1. Human babies named River, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2025. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020251,0022,005peak 2022 · #105
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

River was given to 3,139 boys in 2025, ranking 111th for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 105th and went to 3,500 babies. It has appeared in 46 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 314 dog licences in New York City, ranked 425th among dogs there, and on 25 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

Villain probability, by sound

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around River 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 2025. Public domain.

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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.

River · a human name, by the numbers · Name My Agent