HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Sumner

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. Sumner, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	5,580
2025 number	17
Peak year	1883
Peak rank	553
Years present	135 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Sumner was given to 17 boys in 2025, ranking 5,580th for the year. It peaked in 1883, when it ranked 553rd and went to 12 babies. It has appeared in 135 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Sumner

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

40%

Basis: phonetics. One sibilant, ends in a vowel. 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.