HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Elba

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. Elba, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	11,207
2025 number	8
Peak year	1891
Peak rank	761
Years present	137 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Elba was given to 8 girls in 2025, ranking 11,207th for the year. It peaked in 1891, when it ranked 761st and went to 13 babies. It has appeared in 137 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 2,707 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Elba

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

28%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, 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.