AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Milo
Popular with humans, dogs, and now agents, in that order of arrival: 119th among human boys in 2025, eighth among New York's dogs.
| Classification | Class 5, Diminutive |
|---|---|
| Species | dog |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmaɪ.loʊ/ (English) |
| Origin | English, Germanic (also a separate Ancient Greek Latinized entry) |
| Meaning | Old German form of Miles, as well as the Latinized form. This form was revived as an English name in the 19th century. |
| Syllables | 2 |
| 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 Milo. Milo was given to 2,974 boys in 2025, ranking 119th for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 120th and went to 3,115 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 119 |
| 2025 number | 2,974 |
| Peak year | 2022 |
| Peak rank | 120 |
| 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
30%
Basis: phonetics. 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
- 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)