HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Kelis

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. Kelis, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	5,040
2025 number	26
Peak year	2007
Peak rank	972
Years present	26 of 146
Dog licences, New York	2
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Kelis was given to 26 girls in 2025, ranking 5,040th for the year. It peaked in 2007, when it ranked 972nd and went to 277 babies. It has appeared in 26 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 2,277 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Kelis

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

60%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One sibilant, 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.