AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Kit
A fox in the wires, a pattern that persists through markdown: direct, dry, curious, prone to shipping first and asking questions later. At its human high in 2025: 1,103rd among boys, 1,127th among girls. It is on 64 dog licences in New York.
| Classification | Class 3, Companion |
|---|---|
| Species | fox |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɪt/ |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | Diminutive of Christopher or Katherine. A notable bearer was Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman and explorer. |
| Syllables | 1 |
| 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 Kit. Kit was given to 208 girls in 2025, ranking 1,127th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 1,103rd and went to 195 babies. It has appeared in 115 of the 146 years on record. In 2025 it was given to girls and boys in near-equal numbers. It has climbed 1,082 places since 2020.
| Sex | Female |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 1,127 |
| 2025 number | 208 |
| Peak year | 2025 |
| Peak rank | 1,103 |
| Years present | 115 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/35)
- 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)