HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Mel

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. Mel, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	7,031
2025 number	16
Peak year	1942
Peak rank	721
Years present	118 of 146
Dog licences, New York	51
Pet licences, Seattle	6

Statement of record

Mel was given to 16 girls in 2025, ranking 7,031st for the year. It peaked in 1942, when it ranked 721st and went to 80 babies. It has appeared in 118 of the 146 years on record. In 2025 it was given to girls and boys in near-equal numbers. It has climbed 416 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Mel

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.