HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Maxwell

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. Maxwell, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	189
2025 number	1,924
Peak year	2014
Peak rank	107
Years present	145 of 146
Dog licences, New York	378
Pet licences, Seattle	15

Statement of record

Maxwell was given to 1,924 boys in 2025, ranking 189th for the year. It peaked in 2014, when it ranked 107th and went to 3,739 babies. It has appeared in 145 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Maxwell

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.