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Robert

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.

Register Robert

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#90 for boys

Peak

1931, #1

Since 1880

4,866,007 babies

On licences

52 dogs in New York

Charting: Robert

Figure 1. Human babies named Robert, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
1880192019602000202429,10658,211peak 1931 · #1
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

Robert was given to 3,785 boys in 2024, ranking 90th for the year. It peaked in 1931, when it ranked 1st and went to 60,520 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 52 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,033rd among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Robert 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.