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 — CRITICALLY LOW

Almira
A female given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 9 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Almira (F): reported births per year01020304050188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 48 — 1917
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

A schoolhouse name of the 1880s, still just above the line. The record holds 1,821 of them, 48 in 1917 alone. In 2025 there were 9. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2025 — 9 births
Peak1917 — 48 births
Total recorded, 1880–20251,821
Years above the line131 of a possible 146
Longest absence3 years (1984–1986)

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Queenie

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1917

Alva

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1917

Myrtle

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1918

Willie

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · 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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