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Wes

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.

Register Wes

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#744 for boys

Peak

2024, #744

Since 1880

6,408 babies

On licences

32 dogs in New York

Charting: Wes

Figure 1. Human babies named Wes, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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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

Wes was given to 345 boys in 2024, ranking 744th for the year. It peaked in 2024, when it ranked 744th and went to 345 babies. It has appeared in 105 of the 145 years on record. It has climbed 238 places since 2019. It is also on 32 dog licences in New York City, ranked 2,983rd among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Wes 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.