HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Zula

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. Zula, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	17,280
2025 number	5
Peak year	1890
Peak rank	314
Years present	100 of 146
Dog licences, New York	19
Pet licences, Seattle	2

Statement of record

Zula was given to 5 girls in 2025, ranking 17,280th for the year. It peaked in 1890, when it ranked 314th and went to 65 babies. It has appeared in 100 of the 146 years on record. Five babies received it in 2025, the smallest number the Social Security Administration will print. It has fallen 8,877 places since 2020.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Zula

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.