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Valerie

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name3 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 Valerie

Recorded as

Girls

In 2024

#147 for girls

Peak

1959, #60

Since 1880

271,690 babies

On licences

30 dogs in New York

Charting: Valerie

Figure 1. Human babies named Valerie, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020241,8053,610peak 1959 · #60
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

Valerie was given to 1,985 girls in 2024, ranking 147th for the year. It peaked in 1959, when it ranked 60th and went to 7,304 babies. It has appeared in 139 of the 145 years on record. It is also on 30 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,116th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Valerie 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.