HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Chad

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. Chad, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,701
2025 number	96
Peak year	1973
Peak rank	25
Years present	111 of 146
Dog licences, New York	16
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Chad was given to 96 boys in 2025, ranking 1,701st for the year. It peaked in 1973, when it ranked 25th and went to 12,886 babies. It has appeared in 111 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 460 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Chad

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

66%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, one sibilant, 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.