HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Tenzin

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. Tenzin, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	2,254
2025 number	63
Peak year	2016
Peak rank	1,786
Years present	33 of 146
Dog licences, New York	20
Pet licences, Seattle	2

Statement of record

Tenzin was given to 63 boys in 2025, ranking 2,254th for the year. It peaked in 2016, when it ranked 1,786th and went to 86 babies. It has appeared in 33 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Tenzin

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

66%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, one sibilant, 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.