HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Donovan

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. Donovan, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	496
2025 number	609
Peak year	2003
Peak rank	176
Years present	125 of 146
Dog licences, New York	28
Pet licences, Seattle	3

Statement of record

Donovan was given to 609 boys in 2025, ranking 496th for the year. It peaked in 2003, when it ranked 176th and went to 2,211 babies. It has appeared in 125 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Donovan

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

62%

Basis: phonetics. Two voiced obstruents, 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.