HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Zeph

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. Zeph, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	13,906
2025 number	5
Peak year	2001
Peak rank	6,443
Years present	17 of 146
Dog licences, New York	–
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Zeph was given to 5 boys in 2025, ranking 13,906th for the year. It peaked in 2001, when it ranked 6,443rd and went to 11 babies. It has appeared in 17 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Zeph

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

58%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, one bilabial stop, 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.