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Wayne

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 Wayne

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#686 for boys

Peak

1947, #30

Since 1880

355,989 babies

On licences

58 dogs in New York

Charting: Wayne

Figure 1. Human babies named Wayne, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020242,7795,558peak 1947 · #30
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

Wayne was given to 394 boys in 2024, ranking 686th for the year. It peaked in 1947, when it ranked 30th and went to 10,168 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 58 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,866th among dogs there, and on 2 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Wayne 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.