HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Shelton

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. Shelton, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	4,837
2025 number	21
Peak year	1910
Peak rank	567
Years present	142 of 146
Dog licences, New York	4
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Shelton was given to 21 boys in 2025, ranking 4,837th for the year. It peaked in 1910, when it ranked 567th and went to 26 babies. It has appeared in 142 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,358 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Shelton

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.