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

Alva
A male given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 6 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Alva (M): reported births per year080160240320400188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 317 — 1917
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Edison's middle name. The record holds 11,269 of them, 317 in 1917 alone. In 2025 there were 6. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2025 — 6 births
Peak1917 — 317 births
Total recorded, 1880–202511,269
Years above the line141 of a possible 146
Longest absence2 years (2011–2012)

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Queenie

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1917

Almira

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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