HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Zaire

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. Zaire, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	503
2025 number	601
Peak year	2023
Peak rank	466
Years present	50 of 146
Dog licences, New York	2
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Zaire was given to 601 boys in 2025, ranking 503rd for the year. It peaked in 2023, when it ranked 466th and went to 655 babies. It has appeared in 50 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Zaire

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.