FROM THE REGISTER — CRITICALLY LOW
REPORTED IN 2025: 8 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5
A hundred and forty-six years on the register and still hanging on. The record holds 3,912 of them, 70 in 1917 alone. In 2025 there were 8. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.
| First reported | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Last reported | 2025 — 8 births |
| Peak | 1917 — 70 births |
| Total recorded, 1880–2025 | 3,912 |
| Years above the line | 141 of a possible 146 |
| Longest absence | 3 years (1980–1982) |
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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