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

Earnestine
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 2002 — 24 YEARS

Earnestine (F): reported births per year0100200300400500188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 483 — 1944
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Earnest, with the extra a, for girls. Reported from 1889 to 2001, with a peak of 483 in 1944 and 16,073 births recorded in all. Nothing since 2001 — 24 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 reported1889
Last reported2001
Peak1944 — 483 births
Total recorded, 1889–202516,073
Years above the line102 of a possible 137
Longest absence24 years (2002–2025, ongoing)

Nearby in the register

Gail

Long Missing · 1882–1989 · peak 1942

Pat

Long Missing · 1897–1991 · peak 1941

Shirley

Long Missing · 1880–1993 · peak 1935

Dick

Long Missing · 1880–2005 · peak 1934

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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