HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Essence

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. Essence, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	1,165
2025 number	199
Peak year	1998
Peak rank	457
Years present	53 of 146
Dog licences, New York	3
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Essence was given to 199 girls in 2025, ranking 1,165th for the year. It peaked in 1998, when it ranked 457th and went to 565 babies. It has appeared in 53 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Essence

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

70%

Basis: phonetics. Two sibilants, 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.