HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Esko

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. Esko, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	12,597
2025 number	5
Peak year	1917
Peak rank	4,174
Years present	10 of 146
Dog licences, New York	1
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Esko was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 12,597th for the year. It peaked in 1917, when it ranked 4,174th and went to 5 babies. It has appeared in 10 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 1,572 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Esko

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

40%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One sibilant, 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.