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Roland

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.

Register Roland

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#663 for boys

Peak

1931, #107

Since 1880

100,726 babies

On licences

43 dogs in New York

Charting: Roland

Figure 1. Human babies named Roland, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020248171,633peak 1931 · #107
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

Roland was given to 413 boys in 2024, ranking 663rd for the year. It peaked in 1931, when it ranked 107th and went to 1,698 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 43 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,373rd among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Roland 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 2024. Public domain.

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