HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Cortez

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. Cortez, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,655
2025 number	101
Peak year	1990
Peak rank	532
Years present	114 of 146
Dog licences, New York	17
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Cortez was given to 101 boys in 2025, ranking 1,655th for the year. It peaked in 1990, when it ranked 532nd and went to 346 babies. It has appeared in 114 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 255 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Cortez

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.