HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Maceo

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. Maceo, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,200
2025 number	65
Peak year	1898
Peak rank	621
Years present	126 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Maceo was given to 65 boys in 2025, ranking 2,200th for the year. It peaked in 1898, when it ranked 621st and went to 13 babies. It has appeared in 126 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 316 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Maceo

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

40%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One sibilant, ends in a vowel. 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.