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Wells
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable2 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
Boys
In 2025
#347 for boys
Peak
2025, #347
Since 1880
7,164 babies
On licences
11 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Wells was given to 944 boys in 2025, ranking 347th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 347th and went to 944 babies. It has appeared in 117 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 11 dog licences in New York City, ranked 6,411th among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Wells, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Wells 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.