HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Chael

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. Chael, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	9,064
2025 number	8
Peak year	2013
Peak rank	1,605
Years present	21 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Chael was given to 8 boys in 2025, ranking 9,064th for the year. It peaked in 2013, when it ranked 1,605th and went to 96 babies. It has appeared in 21 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,945 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Chael

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

60%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One sibilant, 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.