HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Shepherd

A human name, held in the Social Security file. The Administration has no editorial entry for it and no vibe on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Shepherd

Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

Table 1. Shepherd, as recorded
Sex	Male
2024 rank	311
2024 number	1,094
Peak year	2024
Peak rank	311
Years present	88 of 145
Dog licences, New York	7
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Shepherd was given to 1,094 boys in 2024, ranking 311th for the year. It peaked in 2024, when it ranked 311th and went to 1,094 babies. It has appeared in 88 of the 145 years on record. It has climbed 314 places since 2019.

Villain probability

58%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, 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 creators. 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.