HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Nel

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. Nel, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	14,435
2025 number	6
Peak year	1908
Peak rank	2,343
Years present	19 of 146
Dog licences, New York	2
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Nel was given to 6 girls in 2025, ranking 14,435th for the year. It peaked in 1908, when it ranked 2,343rd and went to 5 babies. It has appeared in 19 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,341 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Nel

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.