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 — STURDY GHOSTS

Gail
A female given name · United States

REPORTED EVERY YEAR SINCE 1881 — NEVER BELOW THE FEDERAL LINE

Gail (F): reported births per year03,0006,0009,00012,00015,000188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 9,886 — 1951
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

One of the steepest fades on the register. Reported in every single file from 1881 through 2025 — 145 consecutive years — peaking at 9,886 in 1951. In 2025: 12 births — an 824-fold fade managed without a single year below the line.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1881
Last reported2025 — 12 births
Peak1951 — 9,886 births
Total recorded, 1881–2025201,746
Years above the line145 of a possible 145
Longest absenceNone — never below the line since debut

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Cleveland

Sturdy Ghosts · 1880–2025 · peak 1947

Phil

Sturdy Ghosts · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Ned

Sturdy Ghosts · 1880–2025 · peak 1939

Thad

Sturdy Ghosts · 1880–2025 · peak 1967

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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