HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Obed

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. Obed, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,072
2025 number	72
Peak year	2005
Peak rank	1,168
Years present	115 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Obed was given to 72 boys in 2025, ranking 2,072nd for the year. It peaked in 2005, when it ranked 1,168th and went to 137 babies. It has appeared in 115 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Obed

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

54%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. Two voiced obstruents, one bilabial stop, 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.