HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Carlin

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. Carlin, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	6,591
2025 number	17
Peak year	1905
Peak rank	1,260
Years present	114 of 146
Dog licences, New York	4
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Carlin was given to 17 girls in 2025, ranking 6,591st for the year. It peaked in 1905, when it ranked 1,260th and went to 5 babies. It has appeared in 114 of the 146 years on record. In 2025 it was given to girls and boys in near-equal numbers. It has fallen 1,681 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Carlin

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

50%

Basis: phonetics. 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.