HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Prudence

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. Prudence, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	2,113
2025 number	89
Peak year	1880
Peak rank	415
Years present	145 of 146
Dog licences, New York	43
Pet licences, Seattle	3

Statement of record

Prudence was given to 89 girls in 2025, ranking 2,113th for the year. It peaked in 1880, when it ranked 415th and went to 17 babies. It has appeared in 145 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Prudence

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

58%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, 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.