FROM THE REGISTER — CRITICALLY LOW
REPORTED IN 2025: 7 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5
The toast, the peach, and the soprano they were named for. The record holds 34,873 of them, 998 in 1924 alone. In 2025 there were 7. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.
| First reported | 1893 |
|---|---|
| Last reported | 2025 — 7 births |
| Peak | 1924 — 998 births |
| Total recorded, 1893–2025 | 34,873 |
| Years above the line | 121 of a possible 133 |
| Longest absence | 3 years (2005–2007) |
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.
A collection of THE MUSEUM OF HOPEFUL MACHINES