HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Edsel

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. Edsel, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	12,552
2025 number	5
Peak year	1927
Peak rank	399
Years present	110 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Edsel was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 12,552nd for the year. It peaked in 1927, when it ranked 399th and went to 224 babies. It has appeared in 110 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 4,301 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Edsel

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.