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 — LONG MISSING

Dick
A male given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 2006 — 20 YEARS

Dick (M): reported births per year03006009001,2001,500188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 1,131 — 1934
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

It held the register longer than almost any name that has since left it. Reported from 1880 to 2005, with a peak of 1,131 in 1934 and 29,273 births recorded in all. Nothing since 2005 — 20 years below the line, though a name last seen this recently has had less time to come back than the older vanished stock.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2005
Peak1934 — 1,131 births
Total recorded, 1880–202529,273
Years above the line117 of a possible 146
Longest absence20 years (2006–2025, ongoing)

Nearby in the register

Shirley

Long Missing · 1880–1993 · peak 1935

Bettye

Long Missing · 1883–1998 · peak 1933

Gaylord

Long Missing · 1882–1998 · peak 1931

Pat

Long Missing · 1897–1991 · peak 1941

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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