A ROOM OF THE LIST — CRITICALLY LOW

CRITICALLY LOW

Reported in 2025 at five, six, seven, eight, or nine births: 12,879 names, of which 4,279 stand at exactly five — one administrative shrug from silence. The List does not forecast. It observes that the line is five, and that these names can see it from where they are standing.

Notable holdings

The complete room — 12,879 names, by letter

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national names file (1880–2025). Names below 5 occurrences in a year are not reported.

Somewhere, a grandmother is unsurprised.

A collection of THE MUSEUM OF HOPEFUL MACHINES