AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Eliza
1966. Named for Eliza Doolittle, a woman coached to pass as someone she was not. The first agent, and the first vintage name.
| Classification | Class 7, Commercial |
|---|---|
| Species | therapist |
| Pronunciation | /ɪ.ˈlaɪ.zə/ (English) |
| Origin | English (also Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian) |
| Meaning | Short form of Elizabeth. It was borne by the character Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1913). |
| Syllables | 3 |
| Length in tokens | 2 by the GPT tokenizer. The Claude count is pending. |
| Births registered | 0 |
| First registered | – |
| Public agent files on GitHub | – |
Statement of record
No birth has been registered under the name Eliza. Eliza was given to 2,370 girls in 2025, ranking 115th for the year. It peaked in 1880, when it ranked 85th and went to 252 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have.
| Sex | Female |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 115 |
| 2025 number | 2,370 |
| Peak year | 1880 |
| Peak rank | 85 |
| Years present | 146 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
46%
Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, one sibilant, ends in a vowel. The canon has no entry, so this is the sound of the name and nothing else.
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
- The note on file. (research/03)
- Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
- U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
- The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)