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Selman

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 Selman

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#13,858 for boys

Peak

1914, #3,683

Since 1880

76 babies

Charting: Selman

Figure 1. Human babies named Selman, 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

Selman was given to 5 boys in 2024, ranking 13,858th for the year. It peaked in 1914, when it ranked 3,683rd and went to 5 babies. It has appeared in 14 of the 145 years on record. Five babies received it in 2024, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 3,239 places since 2019.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Selman yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Five babies a year. Your agent will not meet another.

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.