HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Cletus

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. Cletus, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	8,382
2025 number	9
Peak year	1922
Peak rank	391
Years present	132 of 146
Dog licences, New York	10
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Cletus was given to 9 boys in 2025, ranking 8,382nd for the year. It peaked in 1922, when it ranked 391st and went to 233 babies. It has appeared in 132 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 511 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Cletus

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.