Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Gideon in π?

Gideon is in π. First stop: decimal place 3,407,637.

Gideon on the keypad

  1. G4
  2. I4
  3. D3
  4. E3
  5. O6
  6. N6

On a phone, Gideon is 443366. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 3,407,637. It sits about 3.4 million digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 231 digits back to canaries
  • 1,204 digits back to reprove
  • impurer, 889 digits on
  • insurer, 889 digits on

canaries is the nearest famous face, 231 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

Millions of digits in, and π saved a spot just for you.

Say one digit per second out loud and you'd reach your name after 39.4 days.

How early is Gideon?

In the race through π, Gideon comes in at number 1,573 of 2,007, ahead of 21% of the 2,007 names.

Names nearby in π

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

See every name

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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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