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

Shawna
A female given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 9 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Shawna (F): reported births per year05001,0001,5002,0002,500188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 2,082 — 1977
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

A name of the 1970s, arrived at the same floor as the Victorians. The record holds 45,531 of them, 2,082 in 1977 alone. In 2025 there were 9. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1941
Last reported2025 — 9 births
Peak1977 — 2,082 births
Total recorded, 1941–202545,531
Years above the line84 of a possible 85
Longest absence1 years (1945–1945)

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Latoya

Critically Low · 1960–2025 · peak 1984

Gregg

Critically Low · 1881–2025 · peak 1962

Patty

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

Bob

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1959

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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