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

Bob
A male given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 7 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Bob (M): reported births per year08001,6002,4003,2004,000188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 2,826 — 1959
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Not Robert — birth-certificate Bob. The record holds 92,986 of them, 2,826 in 1959 alone. In 2025 there were 7. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2025 — 7 births
Peak1959 — 2,826 births
Total recorded, 1880–202592,986
Years above the line145 of a possible 146
Longest absence1 years (2021–2021)

Nearby in the register

Patty

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Jan

Critically Low · 1911–2025 · peak 1956

Gregg

Critically Low · 1881–2025 · peak 1962

Kim

Critically Low · 1912–2025 · peak 1955

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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