HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Fergus

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. Fergus, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	5,092
2025 number	19
Peak year	2024
Peak rank	4,354
Years present	59 of 146
Dog licences, New York	96
Pet licences, Seattle	21

Statement of record

Fergus was given to 19 boys in 2025, ranking 5,092nd for the year. It peaked in 2024, when it ranked 4,354th and went to 24 babies. It has appeared in 59 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,313 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Fergus

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

66%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, 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.