HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Bowan

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. Bowan, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	6,860
2025 number	12
Peak year	2024
Peak rank	5,945
Years present	16 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Bowan was given to 12 boys in 2025, ranking 6,860th for the year. It peaked in 2024, when it ranked 5,945th and went to 15 babies. It has appeared in 16 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,993 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Bowan

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

48%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, 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.