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 VANISHED

Marge
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1977 — 49 YEARS

Marge (F): reported births per year0306090120150188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 114 — 1941
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

The full diminutive, filed as given. Marge was reported above the federal line from 1889 to 1976, peaking at 114 births in 1941 — 3,784 recorded in all. It has not appeared in the register since: 49 years below the line, and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1889
Last reported1976
Peak1941 — 114 births
Total recorded, 1889–20253,784
Years above the line81 of a possible 137
Longest absence49 years (1977–2025, 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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