HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Golden

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. Golden, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,583
2025 number	51
Peak year	1909
Peak rank	510
Years present	145 of 146
Dog licences, New York	122
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Golden was given to 51 boys in 2025, ranking 2,583rd for the year. It peaked in 1909, when it ranked 510th and went to 26 babies. It has appeared in 145 of the 146 years on record. In 2025 it was given to girls and boys in near-equal numbers. It has climbed 455 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Golden

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

62%

Basis: phonetics. Two voiced obstruents, 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.