HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Jelani

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. Jelani, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	2,595
2025 number	67
Peak year	1998
Peak rank	935
Years present	53 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Jelani was given to 67 girls in 2025, ranking 2,595th for the year. It peaked in 1998, when it ranked 935th and went to 151 babies. It has appeared in 53 of the 146 years on record. In 2025 it was given to girls and boys in near-equal numbers. It has climbed 1,058 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Jelani

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

36%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, ends in a vowel. 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.