HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Zhane

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. Zhane, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	6,801
2025 number	13
Peak year	1994
Peak rank	584
Years present	33 of 146
Dog licences, New York	7
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Zhane was given to 13 boys in 2025, ranking 6,801st for the year. It peaked in 1994, when it ranked 584th and went to 391 babies. It has appeared in 33 of the 146 years on record. In 2025 it was given to girls and boys in near-equal numbers. It has fallen 1,354 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Zhane

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

46%

Basis: phonetics, by spelling. One voiced obstruent, one sibilant, ends in a vowel. 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.