HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Bethsheba

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. Bethsheba, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	–
2025 number	–
Peak year	1979
Peak rank	10,364
Years present	1 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Bethsheba was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. It last appeared in 1979. It peaked in 1979, when it ranked 10,364th and went to 5 babies. It appeared once, in 1979, and not again.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Bethsheba

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

46%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. Two voiced obstruents, two bilabial stops, two sibilants, ends in a vowel. 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.