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 — STURDY GHOSTS

Phil
A male given name · United States

REPORTED EVERY YEAR SINCE 1880 — NEVER BELOW THE FEDERAL LINE

Phil (M): reported births per year0150300450600750188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 677 — 1959
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Birth-certificate Phil, never once missing. Reported in every single file from 1880 through 2025 — 146 consecutive years — peaking at 677 in 1959. In 2025: 10 births — a 68-fold fade managed without a single year below the line.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2025 — 10 births
Peak1959 — 677 births
Total recorded, 1880–202520,036
Years above the line146 of a possible 146
Longest absenceNone — never below the line since debut

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Sturdy Ghosts · 1880–2025 · peak 1967

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Sturdy Ghosts · 1881–2025 · peak 1951

Cleveland

Sturdy Ghosts · 1880–2025 · peak 1947

Ned

Sturdy Ghosts · 1880–2025 · peak 1939

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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