HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Tess

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. Tess, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	1,794
2025 number	113
Peak year	1993
Peak rank	481
Years present	123 of 146
Dog licences, New York	141
Pet licences, Seattle	10

Statement of record

Tess was given to 113 girls in 2025, ranking 1,794th for the year. It peaked in 1993, when it ranked 481st and went to 524 babies. It has appeared in 123 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 513 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Tess

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

60%

Basis: phonetics. 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 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.