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Zen
A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.
Human name1 syllable1 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.
Recorded as
Boys
In 2024
#959 for boys
Peak
2022, #907
Since 1880
3,080 babies
On licences
66 dogs in New York
What the numbers say
Zen was given to 236 boys in 2024, ranking 959th for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 907th and went to 255 babies. It has appeared in 38 of the 145 years on record. It has climbed 434 places since 2019. It is also on 66 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,683rd among dogs there, and on 2 in Seattle.
Siblings from the same year
Names that peaked alongside Zen, for a fleet with a birth year.
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On an agent
There is no agent tradition around Zen 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.