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

Pat
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1992 — 34 YEARS

Pat (F): reported births per year05001,0001,5002,0002,500188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 1,900 — 1941
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Forty thousand Pats, and then none to report. Reported from 1897 to 1991, with a peak of 1,900 in 1941 and 40,123 births recorded in all. Nothing since 1991 — 34 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 reported1897
Last reported1991
Peak1941 — 1,900 births
Total recorded, 1897–202540,123
Years above the line89 of a possible 129
Longest absence34 years (1992–2025, ongoing)

Nearby in the register

Gail

Long Missing · 1882–1989 · peak 1942

Earnestine

Long Missing · 1889–2001 · peak 1944

Shirley

Long Missing · 1880–1993 · peak 1935

Dick

Long Missing · 1880–2005 · peak 1934

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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