HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Hansel

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. Hansel, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,638
2025 number	103
Peak year	2021
Peak rank	1,373
Years present	115 of 146
Dog licences, New York	31
Pet licences, Seattle	2

Statement of record

Hansel was given to 103 boys in 2025, ranking 1,638th for the year. It peaked in 2021, when it ranked 1,373rd and went to 134 babies. It has appeared in 115 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Hansel

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

60%

Basis: phonetics. 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.