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

Pam
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1997 — 29 YEARS

Pam (F): reported births per year08001,6002,4003,2004,000188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 3,677 — 1959
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Thirty-three thousand Pams on the record, none reported lately. Reported from 1915 to 1996, with a peak of 3,677 in 1959 and 33,125 births recorded in all. Nothing since 1996 — 29 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 reported1915
Last reported1996
Peak1959 — 3,677 births
Total recorded, 1915–202533,125
Years above the line65 of a possible 111
Longest absence29 years (1997–2025, ongoing)
Returned1927

Nearby in the register

Earnestine

Long Missing · 1889–2001 · peak 1944

Gail

Long Missing · 1882–1989 · peak 1942

Pat

Long Missing · 1897–1991 · peak 1941

Shirley

Long Missing · 1880–1993 · peak 1935

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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