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Ryan
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable1 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
#99 for boys
Peak
1985, #12
Since 1880
991,747 babies
On licences
94 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Ryan was given to 3,532 boys in 2025, ranking 99th for the year. It peaked in 1985, when it ranked 12th and went to 29,905 babies. It has appeared in 114 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 94 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,272nd among dogs there, and on 2 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Ryan, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Ryan 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
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.