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

Kim
A male given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 6 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Kim (M): reported births per year08001,6002,4003,2004,000188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 3,490 — 1955
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Kim, for boys. The record holds 34,951 of them, 3,490 in 1955 alone. In 2025 there were 6. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1912
Last reported2025 — 6 births
Peak1955 — 3,490 births
Total recorded, 1912–202534,951
Years above the line108 of a possible 114
Longest absence2 years (1916–1917)

Nearby in the register

Jan

Critically Low · 1911–2025 · peak 1956

Patty

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Bob

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Gregg

Critically Low · 1881–2025 · peak 1962

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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