HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Nikolas

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. Nikolas, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	719
2025 number	375
Peak year	2004
Peak rank	301
Years present	67 of 146
Dog licences, New York	9
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Nikolas was given to 375 boys in 2025, ranking 719th for the year. It peaked in 2004, when it ranked 301st and went to 1,060 babies. It has appeared in 67 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Nikolas

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.