AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Karen
Given in a thread about naming claws. Seventh among human girls in 1956, 1,281st in 2025.
| Classification | Class 8, Common given name |
|---|---|
| Species | human |
| Pronunciation | As written |
| Origin | – |
| Meaning | – |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Length in tokens | 1 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 Karen. Karen was given to 175 girls in 2025, ranking 1,281st for the year. It peaked in 1956, when it ranked 7th and went to 40,052 babies. It has appeared in 140 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 460 places since 2020.
| Sex | Female |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 1,281 |
| 2025 number | 175 |
| Peak year | 1956 |
| Peak rank | 7 |
| Years present | 140 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
50%
Basis: phonetics. Ends on a consonant. 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/34)
- U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
- The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)