HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Lance

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. Lance, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	862
2025 number	279
Peak year	1970
Peak rank	76
Years present	126 of 146
Dog licences, New York	69
Pet licences, Seattle	2

Statement of record

Lance was given to 279 boys in 2025, ranking 862nd for the year. It peaked in 1970, when it ranked 76th and went to 4,160 babies. It has appeared in 126 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Lance

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.