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 — CRITICALLY LOW

Patty
A female given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 5 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Patty (F): reported births per year08001,6002,4003,2004,000188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 3,113 — 1959
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Standing exactly on the line. The record holds 62,452 of them, 3,113 in 1959 alone. In 2025 there were 5. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2025 — 5 births
Peak1959 — 3,113 births
Total recorded, 1880–202562,452
Years above the line130 of a possible 146
Longest absence4 years (1884–1887)

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Bob

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Jan

Critically Low · 1911–2025 · peak 1956

Gregg

Critically Low · 1881–2025 · peak 1962

Kim

Critically Low · 1912–2025 · peak 1955

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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