HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Marlin

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. Marlin, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,788
2025 number	90
Peak year	1935
Peak rank	276
Years present	132 of 146
Dog licences, New York	32
Pet licences, Seattle	3

Statement of record

Marlin was given to 90 boys in 2025, ranking 1,788th for the year. It peaked in 1935, when it ranked 276th and went to 386 babies. It has appeared in 132 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 298 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Marlin

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.