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Ruben

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 Ruben

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#501 for boys

Peak

1992, #178

Since 1880

116,573 babies

On licences

13 dogs in New York

Charting: Ruben

Figure 1. Human babies named Ruben, per million births of boys, 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

Ruben was given to 607 boys in 2024, ranking 501st for the year. It peaked in 1992, when it ranked 178th and went to 1,805 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 13 dog licences in New York City, ranked 5,589th among dogs there, and on 3 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Ruben 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.