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 VANISHED

Hildegarde
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1962 — 64 YEARS

Hildegarde (F): reported births per year0306090120150188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 124 — 1915
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

The medieval abbess, in full. Hildegarde was reported above the federal line from 1885 to 1961, peaking at 124 births in 1915 — 2,326 recorded in all. It has not appeared in the register since: 64 years below the line, and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1885
Last reported1961
Peak1915 — 124 births
Total recorded, 1885–20252,326
Years above the line74 of a possible 141
Longest absence64 years (1962–2025, ongoing)

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Myrle

The Vanished · 1884–1962 · peak 1915

Ethyl

The Vanished · 1880–1971 · peak 1915

Sudie

The Vanished · 1880–1984 · peak 1916

Ludie

The Vanished · 1880–1964 · peak 1916

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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