HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Sherlyn

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. Sherlyn, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	2,480
2025 number	72
Peak year	2006
Peak rank	367
Years present	88 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Sherlyn was given to 72 girls in 2025, ranking 2,480th for the year. It peaked in 2006, when it ranked 367th and went to 887 babies. It has appeared in 88 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 1,093 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Sherlyn

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

70%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. Two sibilants, ends on a consonant. 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.