HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Shulem

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. Shulem, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	1,957
2025 number	79
Peak year	2023
Peak rank	1,772
Years present	47 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Shulem was given to 79 boys in 2025, ranking 1,957th for the year. It peaked in 2023, when it ranked 1,772nd and went to 92 babies. It has appeared in 47 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 249 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Shulem

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.