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Shelby
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
Girls
In 2024
#656 for girls
Peak
1991, #33
Since 1880
164,786 babies
On licences
375 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Shelby was given to 445 girls in 2024, ranking 656th for the year. It peaked in 1991, when it ranked 33rd and went to 10,220 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 375 dog licences in New York City, ranked 348th among dogs there, and on 7 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Shelby, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Shelby 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.