HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Broderick

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. Broderick, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,573
2025 number	51
Peak year	2009
Peak rank	849
Years present	76 of 146
Dog licences, New York	5
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Broderick was given to 51 boys in 2025, ranking 2,573rd for the year. It peaked in 2009, when it ranked 849th and went to 253 babies. It has appeared in 76 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 964 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Broderick

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

54%

Basis: phonetics. Two voiced obstruents, 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.