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 — THE VANISHED

Pleasant
A male given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1963 — 63 YEARS

Pleasant (M): reported births per year0510152025188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 22 — 1924
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

A virtue name, issued to boys. Pleasant was reported above the federal line from 1880 to 1962, peaking at 22 births in 1924 — 629 recorded in all. It has not appeared in the register since: 63 years below the line, and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported1962
Peak1924 — 22 births
Total recorded, 1880–2025629
Years above the line63 of a possible 146
Longest absence63 years (1963–2025, ongoing)

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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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