Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Norah in π?

It is. Norah is waiting at decimal place 42,480.

From letters to digits

  1. N6
  2. O6
  3. R7
  4. A2
  5. H4

On a phone, Norah is 66724. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

Norah in the digits

Decimal place 42,480. It sits about 42,480 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 484 digits back to bruised
  • 484 digits back to cruised
  • laggard, 1,762 digits on
  • saddens, 3,274 digits on

Nearest of all: bruised, just 484 digits to the left.

Fun facts

A computer finds you in a blink. Reading aloud would take a good while longer.

π skipped past your spot 42,479 times before it finally wrote your name.

The name race

Number 564 of 2,007: Norah beats 71% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Norah's neighbours on this list

Same digits, different name: Morag, also 66724 on a phone.

Norah 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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