HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Brighton

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. Brighton, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,872
2025 number	84
Peak year	2012
Peak rank	1,163
Years present	41 of 146
Dog licences, New York	26
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Brighton was given to 84 boys in 2025, ranking 1,872nd for the year. It peaked in 2012, when it ranked 1,163rd and went to 157 babies. It has appeared in 41 of the 146 years on record. In 2025 it was given to girls and boys in near-equal numbers.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Brighton

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. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, 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.