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 — THE VANISHED

Arvilla
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1969 — 57 YEARS

Arvilla (F): reported births per year020406080100188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 96 — 1924
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

New England frontier lace. Arvilla was reported above the federal line from 1880 to 1968, peaking at 96 births in 1924 — 2,931 recorded in all. It has not appeared in the register since: 57 years below the line, and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported1968
Peak1924 — 96 births
Total recorded, 1880–20252,931
Years above the line85 of a possible 146
Longest absence57 years (1969–2025, ongoing)

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The Vanished · 1880–1964 · peak 1923

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The Vanished · 1880–1961 · peak 1927

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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