HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Ruston

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. Ruston, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,564
2025 number	52
Peak year	2025
Peak rank	2,564
Years present	69 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Ruston was given to 52 boys in 2025, ranking 2,564th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 2,564th and went to 52 babies. It has appeared in 69 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 693 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Ruston

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

60%

Basis: phonetics. 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.