# Numident

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Database of the US Social Security Administration

**Numident**, or "Numerical Identification System,"[1] is the [Social Security Administration](/source/Social_Security_Administration)'s computer database file of an abstract of the information contained in an application for a United States [Social Security number](/source/Social_Security_number) (Form SS-5). It contains the name of the applicant, place and date of birth, and other information. The Numident file contains all Social Security numbers since they first were issued in 1936.

## DOGE Social Security Records cleanup

In 2025, the [Department of Government Efficiency](/source/Department_of_Government_Efficiency) participated in an effort to clean up Numident records that did not include a date of death. Initially, their announcements claimed that millions of people older than 110 years were fraudulently collecting Social Security benefits.[2] However, it was later clarified by SSA that these are merely records of Social Security numbers issued to people whose death dates are not known, and who are not collecting any benefits.[3]

On August 26, 2025, a whistleblower filed a complaint that DOGE had uploaded a live copy of Numident to an insecure cloud server.[4]

## See also

- [Death Master File](/source/Death_Master_File)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Office of the Inspector General, Social Security Administration, [Performance Indicator Audit](http://www.ssa.gov/oig/ADOBEPDF/audittxt/A-15-05-15117.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110605230846/http://www.ssa.gov/oig/ADOBEPDF/audittxt/A-15-05-15117.htm) 2011-06-05 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), 2005.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Izzo, Jack; Deng, Grace (February 18, 2025). ["Analyzing Musk's claim that '150-year-olds' are collecting Social Security payments"](https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/18/musk-150-year-old-social-security/). *[Snopes](/source/Snopes)*. Retrieved 2025-05-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Aliss Higham (April 25, 2025). ["DOGE Cuts Update: 'Major Cleanup' of Social Security Nears Completion"](https://www.newsweek.com/doge-cuts-update-major-clean-social-security-death-records-2063996). *Newsweek*. Retrieved 2025-05-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Karanth, Sanjana; Delaney, Arthur (August 26, 2025). ["DOGE Minions Created Dangerous Live Copy Of Social Security Data, Whistleblower Claims"](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-minions-upload-social-security-whistleblower_n_68adebfee4b07bd4ac5e8c8c). *HuffPost*. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

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