HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Gordon

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. Gordon, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,052
2025 number	209
Peak year	1934
Peak rank	71
Years present	146 of 146
Dog licences, New York	97
Pet licences, Seattle	5

Statement of record

Gordon was given to 209 boys in 2025, ranking 1,052nd for the year. It peaked in 1934, when it ranked 71st and went to 2,639 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Gordon

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.