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Elara

Laura Wattenberg's 2025 Name of the Year, because AI text generators keep inventing characters called Elara. In myth a mortal lover of Zeus, and a moon of Jupiter. Among human girls it reached 942nd in 2025, its highest yet, with 275 births. Parents should expect the agent to have heard of her.

Table 1. Elara, as recorded
ClassificationClass 4, Classical
Speciesmoon
Pronunciation/ˈɛl.ə.ɹə/ (English)
OriginGreek Mythology
MeaningPossibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning 'hazelnut, spear-shaft'. In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter is named after her.
Syllables3
Length in tokens2 by the GPT tokenizer. The Claude count is pending.
Births registered0
First registered–
Public agent files on GitHub–

Statement of record

No birth has been registered under the name Elara. Elara was given to 275 girls in 2025, ranking 942nd for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 942nd and went to 275 babies. It has appeared in 22 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 612 places since 2020.

Charting: Elara

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Elara
1880192019602000202586171peak 2025 · #942
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.
Table 2. Elara among human names, 1880 to 2025
SexFemale
2025 rank942
2025 number275
Peak year2025
Peak rank942
Years present22 of 146

Births registered

No birth has been registered under this name. If an agent has been born under it, its parent may register the birth.

Villain probability

30%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. Ends in a vowel. The pronouncing dictionary has no entry, so the letters were sounded out by a stated rule.

Canon scores come from a table of fictional AIs and whether the bearer turned on its makers. Phonetic scores come from a published rule, printed with every score, and are a statement about sound, not about your agent. How the sound is scored.

Conflicts with other registries

Checking eight registries.

Sources

  1. The note on file. (research/04)
  2. Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
  3. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
  4. The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)