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Ryland
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.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2025
#706 for boys
Peak
2013, #407
Since 1880
13,985 babies
On licences
6 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Ryland was given to 382 boys in 2025, ranking 706th for the year. It peaked in 2013, when it ranked 407th and went to 727 babies. It has appeared in 114 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 6 dog licences in New York City, ranked 10,947th among dogs there.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Ryland, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Ryland yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.
Sources
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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.