HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Markel

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. Markel, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	3,111
2025 number	39
Peak year	1999
Peak rank	883
Years present	75 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Markel was given to 39 boys in 2025, ranking 3,111th for the year. It peaked in 1999, when it ranked 883rd and went to 172 babies. It has appeared in 75 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,270 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Markel

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.