HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Mella

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. Mella, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	–
2025 number	–
Peak year	1885
Peak rank	1,006
Years present	45 of 146
Dog licences, New York	17
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Mella was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. It last appeared in 2023. It peaked in 1885, when it ranked 1,006th and went to 6 babies. It has appeared in 45 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Mella

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

30%

Basis: phonetics. Ends in a vowel. 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.