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

Icie
A female given name · United States

RETURNED 1977 AFTER 16 YEARS — BELOW THE LINE AGAIN SINCE 2011

Icie (F): reported births per year01020304050188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 42 — 1915
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Returned once already, and now below the line a second time. A name can vanish twice. First reported in 1881, Icie fell below the line and stayed there from 1961 through 1976 — 16 years. It returned in 1977 and was reported as late as 2010; it is below the line again now, 15 years and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1881
Last reported2010
Peak1915 — 42 births
Total recorded, 1881–20251,354
Years above the line74 of a possible 145
Longest absence16 years (1961–1976)
Returned1977

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national names file (1880–2025). Names below 5 occurrences in a year are not reported.

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