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

Louvenia
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1994 — 32 YEARS

Louvenia (F): reported births per year020406080100188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 81 — 1924
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

A Southern parlor elaboration. Reported from 1880 to 1993, with a peak of 81 in 1924 and 3,625 births recorded in all. Nothing since 1993 — 32 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 reported1880
Last reported1993
Peak1924 — 81 births
Total recorded, 1880–20253,625
Years above the line109 of a possible 146
Longest absence32 years (1994–2025, ongoing)

Nearby in the register

Ouida

Long Missing · 1887–1995 · peak 1924

Leatrice

Long Missing · 1908–2002 · peak 1927

Patsy

Long Missing · 1886–1992 · peak 1921

Nannie

Long Missing · 1880–1991 · peak 1920

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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