Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Elias in π?

Yes! Elias first turns up at decimal place 101,357.

Elias on the keypad

  1. E3
  2. L5
  3. I4
  4. A2
  5. S7

On a phone, Elias is 35427. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 101,357. It sits about 101,357 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 1,157 digits back to flagons
  • 1,265 digits back to Paris
  • jostled, 401 digits on
  • John Machin, 6,533 digits on

Nearest of all: jostled, just 401 digits to the right.

Chalk talk

π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.

π said 'not yet' 101,356 times before it wrote your name.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Elias comes in at number 764 of 2,007, ahead of 61% of the 2,007 names.

Names nearby in π

Elias made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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