Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Herbert in π?

Yes! Herbert first turns up at decimal place 3,223,438.

From letters to digits

  1. H4
  2. E3
  3. R7
  4. B2
  5. E3
  6. R7
  7. T8

Letter by letter, Herbert becomes 4372378 (7 digits).

Herbert in the digits

Decimal place 3,223,438. You'd read about 3.2 million digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 1 digit back to fiercer
  • 1 digit back to fiercest
  • adorned, 1,528 digits on
  • phonics, 3,385 digits on

fiercer is the nearest famous face, 1 digit to the left.

Chalk talk

All 7 digits, present and correct.

At one digit per cm, that's 0.8 marathons. Lace up!

The name race

Number 1,557 of 2,007: Herbert beats 22% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names nearby in π

Herbert 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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