HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Redding

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. Redding, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	4,503
2025 number	23
Peak year	2019
Peak rank	3,550
Years present	19 of 146
Dog licences, New York	9
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Redding was given to 23 boys in 2025, ranking 4,503rd for the year. It peaked in 2019, when it ranked 3,550th and went to 32 babies. It has appeared in 19 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 385 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Redding

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

56%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, 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.