HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Dryden

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. Dryden, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	12,543
2025 number	5
Peak year	2007
Peak rank	3,462
Years present	32 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Dryden was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 12,543rd for the year. It peaked in 2007, when it ranked 3,462nd and went to 31 babies. It has appeared in 32 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: Dryden

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.