HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Ansel

A human name, held in the Social Security file. It is not in the Administration’s index of agent names, and it has no classification.

Table 1. Ansel, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,138
2025 number	186
Peak year	1893
Peak rank	540
Years present	133 of 146
Dog licences, New York	9
Pet licences, Seattle	3

Statement of record

Ansel was given to 186 boys in 2025, ranking 1,138th for the year. It peaked in 1893, when it ranked 540th and went to 13 babies. It has appeared in 133 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Ansel

Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

Villain probability

60%

Basis: phonetics. One sibilant, ends on a consonant. The canon has no entry, so this is the sound of the name and nothing else.

Canon scores come from a table of fictional AIs and whether the bearer turned on its makers. Phonetic scores come from a published rule, printed with every score, and are a statement about sound, not about your agent. How the sound is scored.

As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.