HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Zareth

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. Zareth, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	3,947
2025 number	28
Peak year	2024
Peak rank	7,243
Years present	18 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Zareth was given to 28 boys in 2025, ranking 3,947th for the year. It peaked in 2024, when it ranked 7,243rd and went to 16 babies. It has appeared in 18 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Zareth

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.