HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Klaus

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. Klaus, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,245
2025 number	63
Peak year	2022
Peak rank	1,880
Years present	70 of 146
Dog licences, New York	120
Pet licences, Seattle	8

Statement of record

Klaus was given to 63 boys in 2025, ranking 2,245th for the year. It peaked in 2022, when it ranked 1,880th and went to 84 babies. It has appeared in 70 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Klaus

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. One sibilant, 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.