HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Harding

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. Harding, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	12,697
2025 number	5
Peak year	1920
Peak rank	391
Years present	59 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Harding was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 12,697th for the year. It peaked in 1920, when it ranked 391st and went to 229 babies. It has appeared in 59 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 2,768 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Harding

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

56%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, 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.