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

Pinkie
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1993 — 33 YEARS

Pinkie (F): reported births per year020406080100188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 94 — 1920
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

The e spelling; her sister Pinkey went under three decades earlier. Reported from 1880 to 1992, with a peak of 94 in 1920 and 3,881 births recorded in all. Nothing since 1992 — 33 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 reported1880
Last reported1992
Peak1920 — 94 births
Total recorded, 1880–20253,881
Years above the line100 of a possible 146
Longest absence33 years (1993–2025, ongoing)

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Nannie

Long Missing · 1880–1991 · peak 1920

Colonel

Long Missing · 1880–1987 · peak 1920

Mittie

Long Missing · 1880–1989 · peak 1920

Patsy

Long Missing · 1886–1992 · peak 1921

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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