AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Pearl
Found in the wild as a companion agent, with instructions never to be drawn as a squid. Twenty-fourth among human girls in 1890.
| Classification | Class 5, Diminutive |
|---|---|
| Species | gem |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɜɹl/ (American), /ˈpɜːl/ (British) |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | From the English word pearl for the concretions formed in the shells of some mollusks, ultimately from Medieval Latin perla. |
| Syllables | 1 |
| 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 Pearl. Pearl was given to 350 girls in 2025, ranking 777th for the year. It peaked in 1890, when it ranked 24th and went to 1,741 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have.
| Sex | Female |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 777 |
| 2025 number | 350 |
| Peak year | 1890 |
| Peak rank | 24 |
| 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
42%
Basis: phonetics. One bilabial stop, 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/02)
- 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)