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

Blanch
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1984 — 42 YEARS

Blanch (F): reported births per year050100150200250188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 181 — 1924
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Blanche without the e; the fuller spelling is still reported, this one is not. Blanch was reported above the federal line from 1880 to 1983, peaking at 181 births in 1924 — 6,420 recorded in all. It has not appeared in the register since: 42 years below the line, and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported1983
Peak1924 — 181 births
Total recorded, 1880–20256,420
Years above the line95 of a possible 146
Longest absence42 years (1984–2025, ongoing)

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Arvilla

The Vanished · 1880–1968 · peak 1924

Pleasant

The Vanished · 1880–1962 · peak 1924

Commodore

The Vanished · 1880–1964 · peak 1923

Osie

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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