HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Dastan

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. Dastan, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	6,542
2025 number	13
Peak year	2011
Peak rank	2,152
Years present	16 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Dastan was given to 13 boys in 2025, ranking 6,542nd for the year. It peaked in 2011, when it ranked 2,152nd and went to 61 babies. It has appeared in 16 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,034 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Dastan

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, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, 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.