COMPILED FROM THE FEDERAL REGISTERS, 1880 TO THE PRESENT
American first names, tracked to the federal reporting line.

FROM THE REGISTER — CRITICALLY LOW

Eula
A female given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 5 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Eula (F): reported births per year03006009001,2001,500188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 1,390 — 1919
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

A front-porch name at the reporting floor. The record holds 47,159 of them, 1,390 in 1919 alone. In 2025 there were 5. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2025 — 5 births
Peak1919 — 1,390 births
Total recorded, 1880–202547,159
Years above the line138 of a possible 146
Longest absence2 years (2004–2005)

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Willie

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1919

Myrtle

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1918

Queenie

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1917

Almira

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1917

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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