HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Lynx

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. Lynx, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,823
2025 number	45
Peak year	2024
Peak rank	2,278
Years present	16 of 146
Dog licences, New York	19
Pet licences, Seattle	5

Statement of record

Lynx was given to 45 boys in 2025, ranking 2,823rd for the year. It peaked in 2024, when it ranked 2,278th and went to 63 babies. It has appeared in 16 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,161 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Lynx

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.