HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Nicolas

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. Nicolas, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	177
2025 number	2,053
Peak year	1998
Peak rank	132
Years present	129 of 146
Dog licences, New York	16
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Nicolas was given to 2,053 boys in 2025, ranking 177th for the year. It peaked in 1998, when it ranked 132nd and went to 2,920 babies. It has appeared in 129 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Nicolas

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. 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.