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

Orange
A male given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1972 — 54 YEARS

Orange (M): reported births per year0510152025188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 20 — 1920
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

The fruit, the color, or the Dutch royal house; the register does not say which. Orange was reported above the federal line from 1881 to 1971, peaking at 20 births in 1920 — 598 recorded in all. It has not appeared in the register since: 54 years below the line, and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1881
Last reported1971
Peak1920 — 20 births
Total recorded, 1881–2025598
Years above the line63 of a possible 145
Longest absence54 years (1972–2025, ongoing)
Returned1971

Nearby in the register

Doctor

The Vanished · 1880–1951 · peak 1920

Hortense

The Vanished · 1880–1976 · peak 1919

Bulah

The Vanished · 1880–1963 · peak 1919

Dortha

The Vanished · 1889–1984 · peak 1921

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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