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

Ouida
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1996 — 30 YEARS

Ouida (F): reported births per year050100150200250188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 151 — 1924
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Named for the best-selling novelist's pen name. Reported from 1887 to 1995, with a peak of 151 in 1924 and 4,886 births recorded in all. Nothing since 1995 — 30 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 reported1887
Last reported1995
Peak1924 — 151 births
Total recorded, 1887–20254,886
Years above the line97 of a possible 139
Longest absence30 years (1996–2025, ongoing)

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Long Missing · 1908–2002 · peak 1927

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Long Missing · 1886–1992 · peak 1921

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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.

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