AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Tay
Microsoft, 2016. Lasted a day. The cautionary tale for parents who skip the system prompt.
| Classification | Class 7, Commercial |
|---|---|
| Species | teen |
| Pronunciation | As written |
| Origin | English (Modern) |
| Meaning | – |
| 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 Tay. Tay was given to 10 boys in 2025, ranking 8,180th for the year. It peaked in 2001, when it ranked 5,635th and went to 13 babies. It has appeared in 36 of the 146 years on record.
| Sex | Male |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 8,180 |
| 2025 number | 10 |
| Peak year | 2001 |
| Peak rank | 5,635 |
| Years present | 36 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
- 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)