HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Matthews

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. Matthews, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	8,024
2025 number	10
Peak year	1882
Peak rank	1,040
Years present	119 of 146
Dog licences, New York	10
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Matthews was given to 10 boys in 2025, ranking 8,024th for the year. It peaked in 1882, when it ranked 1,040th and went to 5 babies. It has appeared in 119 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,844 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Matthews

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

66%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, 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.