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 RETURNED

Euphemia
A female given name · United States

RETURNED 2010 AFTER 20 YEARS BELOW THE FEDERAL LINE

Euphemia (F): reported births per year0816243240188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 26 — 1915
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

The great Victorian mouthful. First reported in 1880, Euphemia fell below the line and stayed there from 1990 through 2009 — 20 years. It returned in 2010; in 2025 the register shows 19 births, against a peak of 26 in 1915.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2025 — 19 births
Peak1915 — 26 births
Total recorded, 1880–2025771
Years above the line78 of a possible 146
Longest absence20 years (1990–2009)
Returned2010

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Icie

The Returned · 1881–2010 · peak 1915

Theodosia

The Returned · 1880–2025 · peak 1918

Flossie

The Returned · 1880–2023 · peak 1919

Ova

The Returned · 1881–2023 · peak 1919

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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