HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Markus

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. Markus, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,336
2025 number	144
Peak year	1994
Peak rank	508
Years present	94 of 146
Dog licences, New York	4
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Markus was given to 144 boys in 2025, ranking 1,336th for the year. It peaked in 1994, when it ranked 508th and went to 396 babies. It has appeared in 94 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Markus

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.