HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Marlyn

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. Marlyn, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	5,653
2025 number	22
Peak year	1936
Peak rank	464
Years present	113 of 146
Dog licences, New York	6
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Marlyn was given to 22 girls in 2025, ranking 5,653rd for the year. It peaked in 1936, when it ranked 464th and went to 193 babies. It has appeared in 113 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,143 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Marlyn

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, by spelling. Ends on a consonant. The pronouncing dictionary has no entry, so the letters were sounded out by a stated rule.

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.