HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Samwise

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. Samwise, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	5,011
2025 number	20
Peak year	2021
Peak rank	4,601
Years present	17 of 146
Dog licences, New York	19
Pet licences, Seattle	7

Statement of record

Samwise was given to 20 boys in 2025, ranking 5,011th for the year. It peaked in 2021, when it ranked 4,601st and went to 22 babies. It has appeared in 17 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 1,956 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Samwise

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, by spelling. Two sibilants, ends in a vowel. The pronouncing dictionary has no entry, so the letters were sounded out by a stated rule.

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.