HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Edwards

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. Edwards, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	9,976
2025 number	7
Peak year	1912
Peak rank	2,105
Years present	64 of 146
Dog licences, New York	3
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Edwards was given to 7 boys in 2025, ranking 9,976th for the year. It peaked in 1912, when it ranked 2,105th and went to 7 babies. It has appeared in 64 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Edwards

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

78%

Basis: phonetics. Three voiced obstruents, 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.