Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is James in π?

Yes! James first turns up at decimal place 15,052.

James on the keypad

  1. J5
  2. A2
  3. M6
  4. E3
  5. S7

On a phone, James is 52637. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 15,052. It sits about 15,052 digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 207 digits back to fixedly
  • 1,230 digits back to trilogy
  • alpacas, 1,624 digits on
  • Marie Curie, 1,773 digits on

fixedly is the nearest famous face, 207 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

Not too shallow, not too deep: your name sits snugly in the first million.

At one digit per cm, that's 792 pencils laid end to end.

How early is James?

In the race through π, James comes in at number 378 of 2,007, ahead of 81% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to James

James 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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