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

Sondra
A female given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 7 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Sondra (F): reported births per year02004006008001,000188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 897 — 1942
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

The midcentury respelling. The record holds 27,074 of them, 897 in 1942 alone. In 2025 there were 7. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1912
Last reported2025 — 7 births
Peak1942 — 897 births
Total recorded, 1912–202527,074
Years above the line104 of a possible 114
Longest absence3 years (2018–2020)

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Carole

Critically Low · 1901–2025 · peak 1942

Phyllis

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1947

Jimmie

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1934

Kim

Critically Low · 1912–2025 · peak 1955

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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