HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Wells

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. Wells, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	347
2025 number	944
Peak year	2025
Peak rank	347
Years present	117 of 146
Dog licences, New York	11
Pet licences, Seattle	1

Statement of record

Wells was given to 944 boys in 2025, ranking 347th for the year. It peaked in 2025, when it ranked 347th and went to 944 babies. It has appeared in 117 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Wells

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. One voiced obstruent, 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.