HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Reason

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. Reason, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	3,028
2025 number	41
Peak year	1885
Peak rank	918
Years present	24 of 146
Dog licences, New York	1
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Reason was given to 41 boys in 2025, ranking 3,028th for the year. It peaked in 1885, when it ranked 918th and went to 6 babies. It has appeared in 24 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 2,614 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Reason

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

66%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, 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.