HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Joab

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. Joab, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,319
2025 number	60
Peak year	2025
Peak rank	2,319
Years present	54 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Joab was given to 60 boys in 2025, ranking 2,319th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 2,319th and went to 60 babies. It has appeared in 54 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,753 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Joab

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

54%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. Two voiced obstruents, 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.