HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Marigold

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. Marigold, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	590
2025 number	498
Peak year	2025
Peak rank	590
Years present	36 of 146
Dog licences, New York	46
Pet licences, Seattle	4

Statement of record

Marigold was given to 498 girls in 2025, ranking 590th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 590th and went to 498 babies. It has appeared in 36 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 507 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Marigold

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

62%

Basis: phonetics. Two voiced obstruents, 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.