HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Nickoles

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. Nickoles, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	–
2025 number	–
Peak year	1993
Peak rank	3,773
Years present	25 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Nickoles was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. It last appeared in 2010. It peaked in 1993, when it ranked 3,773rd and went to 17 babies. It has appeared in 25 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Nickoles

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, by spelling. One sibilant, ends on a consonant. The pronouncing dictionary has no entry, so the letters were sounded out by a stated rule.

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.