Agify

Predicts age from a first name. Weirdly useful for demos.

😄 FunDYINGchecked 15h ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ✓

Agify estimates a person’s age from their first name using aggregated census-style data. It is the canonical “my first fetch()” API: no key, instant JSON, CORS everywhere. Free tier covers 100 names a day; the paid tier is rarely needed outside batch jobs.

85HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 85 · dying
Uptime history
78.7%90 days
50.0%30 days
285P50 · ms
1337P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 125 ms, slowest 710 ms, most recent 145 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.agify.io/?name=kwame

{
  "name": "kwame",
  "age": 34,
  "count": 12841
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.agify.io/?name=kwame"
const res = await fetch("https://api.agify.io/?name=kwame");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.agify.io/?name=kwame")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3DyingFULL DOCS ↗
Dying — error rate climbing on GET /?name=kwame285 mschecked 15h ago
GET/?name=kwamePROBED

Predicts age from a first name. Weirdly useful for demos.

GET/?limit=5

API root or index route.

GET/?page=1

API root or index route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Agify: common questions

Is Agify free to use?

Yes — Agify is a free fun API. Free tier: 100 names/day, no signup. Commercial use is allowed on the free tier.

Does Agify need an API key?

No — Agify needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (100/day per IP).

Can I call Agify from the browser?

Yes — Agify returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Agify up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Agify is dying with 78.7% uptime over 90 days and a 285 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.