HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Melrose

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. Melrose, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	3,880
2025 number	38
Peak year	2024
Peak rank	3,208
Years present	64 of 146
Dog licences, New York	11
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Melrose was given to 38 girls in 2025, ranking 3,880th for the year. It peaked in 2024, when it ranked 3,208th and went to 50 babies. It has appeared in 64 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 617 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Melrose

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.