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Stanley

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 Stanley

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#875 for boys

Peak

1916, #34

Since 1880

302,579 babies

On licences

491 dogs in New York

Charting: Stanley

Figure 1. Human babies named Stanley, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020242,8825,764peak 1916 · #34
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

Stanley was given to 275 boys in 2024, ranking 875th for the year. It peaked in 1916, when it ranked 34th and went to 5,130 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 491 dog licences in New York City, ranked 246th among dogs there, and on 21 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Stanley yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

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.