HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Ryan

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. Ryan, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	99
2025 number	3,532
Peak year	1985
Peak rank	12
Years present	114 of 146
Dog licences, New York	94
Pet licences, Seattle	3

Statement of record

Ryan was given to 3,532 boys in 2025, ranking 99th for the year. It peaked in 1985, when it ranked 12th and went to 29,905 babies. It has appeared in 114 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Ryan

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

50%

Basis: phonetics. 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.