COMPILED FROM THE FEDERAL REGISTERS, 1880 TO THE PRESENT
THE ENDANGERED NAMES LIST
American first names, tracked to the federal reporting line.

FROM THE REGISTER — LONG MISSING

Adelbert
A male given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1996 — 30 YEARS

Adelbert (M): reported births per year020406080100188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 86 — 1918
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Gilded-Age formality. Reported from 1880 to 1995, with a peak of 86 in 1918 and 2,373 births recorded in all. Nothing since 1995 — 30 years below the line, though a name last seen this recently has had less time to come back than the older vanished stock.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported1995
Peak1918 — 86 births
Total recorded, 1880–20252,373
Years above the line112 of a possible 146
Longest absence30 years (1996–2025, ongoing)

Nearby in the register

Gussie

Long Missing · 1880–1991 · peak 1918

Orval

Long Missing · 1880–1995 · peak 1918

Squire

Long Missing · 1880–1997 · peak 1918

Verne

Long Missing · 1880–1990 · peak 1919

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.

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