HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Estela

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. Estela, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	1,624
2025 number	128
Peak year	2023
Peak rank	1,584
Years present	120 of 146
Dog licences, New York	3
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Estela was given to 128 girls in 2025, ranking 1,624th for the year. It peaked in 2023, when it ranked 1,584th and went to 133 babies. It has appeared in 120 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 342 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Estela

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.