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Ruffus

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name2 syllables3 tokens

Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Register Ruffus

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

Not given

Peak

1881, #771

Since 1880

674 babies

On licences

16 dogs in New York

Charting: Ruffus

Figure 1. Human babies named Ruffus, 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

Ruffus was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2024. It last appeared in 1961. It peaked in 1881, when it ranked 771st and went to 7 babies. It has appeared in 53 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 16 dog licences in New York City, ranked 4,828th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Ruffus yet. The registry has 0 bearers. A vintage name. Human parents have set it down, which means it is yours to pick up.

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.