HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Topsy

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. Topsy, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	–
2025 number	–
Peak year	1910
Peak rank	2,122
Years present	3 of 146
Dog licences, New York	18
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Topsy was not given to five or more babies of either sex in 2025. It last appeared in 1929. It peaked in 1910, when it ranked 2,122nd and went to 7 babies. It has appeared in 3 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Topsy

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

32%

Basis: phonetics. One bilabial stop, 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.