HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Gissel

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. Gissel, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	4,592
2025 number	30
Peak year	2002
Peak rank	1,311
Years present	47 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Gissel was given to 30 girls in 2025, ranking 4,592nd for the year. It peaked in 2002, when it ranked 1,311th and went to 149 babies. It has appeared in 47 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 949 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Gissel

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

76%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, two sibilants, ends on a consonant. 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.