HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Desta

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. Desta, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	12,507
2025 number	5
Peak year	1900
Peak rank	1,466
Years present	52 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Desta was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 12,507th for the year. It peaked in 1900, when it ranked 1,466th and went to 8 babies. It has appeared in 52 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Desta

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

46%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, one sibilant, ends in a vowel. 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.