HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Ronald

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. Ronald, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	638
2025 number	438
Peak year	1943
Peak rank	9
Years present	142 of 146
Dog licences, New York	8
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Ronald was given to 438 boys in 2025, ranking 638th for the year. It peaked in 1943, when it ranked 9th and went to 29,239 babies. It has appeared in 142 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Ronald

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.