HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Gryphon

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. Gryphon, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	4,762
2025 number	21
Peak year	2011
Peak rank	2,963
Years present	29 of 146
Dog licences, New York	20
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Gryphon was given to 21 boys in 2025, ranking 4,762nd for the year. It peaked in 2011, when it ranked 2,963rd and went to 39 babies. It has appeared in 29 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 778 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Gryphon

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

48%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, 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.