HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Barsbek

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. Barsbek, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	9,017
2025 number	8
Peak year	2025
Peak rank	9,017
Years present	1 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Barsbek was given to 8 boys in 2025, ranking 9,017th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 9,017th and went to 8 babies. It appeared once, in 2025, and not again.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Barsbek

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

56%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. Two voiced obstruents, two bilabial stops, one sibilant, ends on a consonant. The pronouncing dictionary has no entry, so the letters were sounded out by a stated rule.

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.