HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Joniel

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. Joniel, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	4,788
2025 number	21
Peak year	2022
Peak rank	2,811
Years present	27 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Joniel was given to 21 boys in 2025, ranking 4,788th for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 2,811th and went to 46 babies. It has appeared in 27 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,788 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Joniel

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, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, 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.