HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Harold

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. Harold, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	993
2025 number	230
Peak year	1920
Peak rank	12
Years present	146 of 146
Dog licences, New York	61
Pet licences, Seattle	5

Statement of record

Harold was given to 230 boys in 2025, ranking 993rd for the year. It peaked in 1920, when it ranked 12th and went to 13,678 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: Harold

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.