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Tommy

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 Tommy

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#731 for boys

Peak

1944, #70

Since 1880

181,214 babies

On licences

421 dogs in New York

Charting: Tommy

Figure 1. Human babies named Tommy, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020241,3562,712peak 1944 · #70
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

Tommy was given to 358 boys in 2024, ranking 731st for the year. It peaked in 1944, when it ranked 70th and went to 3,696 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 421 dog licences in New York City, ranked 296th among dogs there, and on 10 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Tommy 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.