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 — LONG MISSING

Leatrice
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 2003 — 23 YEARS

Leatrice (F): reported births per year080160240320400188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 371 — 1927
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

A silent-film star's invention — Leatrice Joy — which outlived the silents by three-quarters of a century. Reported from 1908 to 2002, with a peak of 371 in 1927 and 5,864 births recorded in all. Nothing since 2002 — 23 years below the line, though a name last seen this recently has had less time to come back than the older vanished stock.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1908
Last reported2002
Peak1927 — 371 births
Total recorded, 1908–20255,864
Years above the line91 of a possible 118
Longest absence23 years (2003–2025, ongoing)

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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.

Somewhere, a grandmother is unsurprised.

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