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 — CRITICALLY LOW

Gregg
A male given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 5 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Gregg (M): reported births per year05001,0001,5002,0002,500188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 1,900 — 1962
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

The double-g spelling, down to the floor. The record holds 36,512 of them, 1,900 in 1962 alone. In 2025 there were 5. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all. It has been under before — 1882 through 1911 — and climbed out.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1881
Last reported2025 — 5 births
Peak1962 — 1,900 births
Total recorded, 1881–202536,512
Years above the line113 of a possible 145
Longest absence30 years (1882–1911)
Returned1912

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Patty

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Bob

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Jan

Critically Low · 1911–2025 · peak 1956

Kim

Critically Low · 1912–2025 · peak 1955

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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