HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Manhattan

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. Manhattan, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	14,300
2025 number	6
Peak year	2009
Peak rank	12,091
Years present	15 of 146
Dog licences, New York	20
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Manhattan was given to 6 girls in 2025, ranking 14,300th for the year. It peaked in 2009, when it ranked 12,091st and went to 9 babies. It has appeared in 15 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Manhattan

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. 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.