HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Zhen

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. Zhen, as recorded
Sex	Male
2025 rank	11,993
2025 number	6
Peak year	2023
Peak rank	4,884
Years present	14 of 146
Dog licences, New York	4
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Zhen was given to 6 boys in 2025, ranking 11,993rd for the year. It peaked in 2023, when it ranked 4,884th and went to 21 babies. It has appeared in 14 of the 146 years on record. It has fallen 3,933 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Zhen

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.