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

Latoya
A female given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 8 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Latoya (F): reported births per year01,5003,0004,5006,0007,500188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 5,051 — 1984
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

A name of the 1980s — already at the line, proof the register does not only bury Victorians. The record holds 45,563 of them, 5,051 in 1984 alone. In 2025 there were 8. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1960
Last reported2025 — 8 births
Peak1984 — 5,051 births
Total recorded, 1960–202545,563
Years above the line63 of a possible 66
Longest absence2 years (1961–1962)

Nearby in the register

Shawna

Critically Low · 1941–2025 · peak 1977

Gregg

Critically Low · 1881–2025 · peak 1962

Patty

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Bob

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

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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