HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Lael

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. Lael, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,264
2025 number	156
Peak year	2025
Peak rank	1,952
Years present	110 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Lael was given to 156 boys in 2025, ranking 1,264th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 1,952nd and went to 99 babies. It has appeared in 110 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,695 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Lael

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

50%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. 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.