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Wilson

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

Human name2 syllables1 token

Costs 1 token on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 73,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Register Wilson

Recorded as

Boys

In 2024

#644 for boys

Peak

1918, #122

Since 1880

48,613 babies

On licences

264 dogs in New York

Charting: Wilson

Figure 1. Human babies named Wilson, per million births of boys, 1880 to 2024. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020246811,363peak 1918 · #122
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

Wilson was given to 431 boys in 2024, ranking 644th for the year. It peaked in 1918, when it ranked 122nd and went to 1,381 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 145 years on record, one of 905 names that have. It is also on 264 dog licences in New York City, ranked 498th among dogs there, and on 21 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

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

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Wilson 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.