HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Kolben

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. Kolben, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	–
2025 number	–
Peak year	2007
Peak rank	5,803
Years present	6 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Kolben was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. It last appeared in 2012. It peaked in 2007, when it ranked 5,803rd and went to 15 babies. It has appeared in 6 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Kolben

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

48%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, 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.