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

Hulda
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1981 — 45 YEARS

Hulda (F): reported births per year050100150200250188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 167 — 1895
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

A prophetess of the Book of Kings; she flickered once in the sixties and seventies before going quiet for good. Hulda was reported above the federal line from 1880 to 1980, peaking at 167 births in 1895 — 5,407 recorded in all. It has not appeared in the register since: 45 years below the line, and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported1980
Peak1895 — 167 births
Total recorded, 1880–20255,407
Years above the line81 of a possible 146
Longest absence45 years (1981–2025, ongoing)
Returned1976

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The Vanished · 1880–1962 · peak 1910

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The Vanished · 1885–1961 · peak 1915

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The Vanished · 1884–1962 · peak 1915

Ethyl

The Vanished · 1880–1971 · peak 1915

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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