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

Ura
A female given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1956 — 70 YEARS

Ura (F): reported births per year0510152025188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 17 — 1917
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Sister to Ora, Ola, and Iva in the vowel-name fashion; only Ura failed to survive it. Ura was reported above the federal line from 1887 to 1955, peaking at 17 births in 1917 — 508 recorded in all. It has not appeared in the register since: 70 years below the line, and counting.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1887
Last reported1955
Peak1917 — 17 births
Total recorded, 1887–2025508
Years above the line51 of a possible 139
Longest absence70 years (1956–2025, ongoing)
Returned1955

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The Vanished · 1880–1943 · peak 1918

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The Vanished · 1880–1971 · peak 1918

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national names file (1880–2025). Names below 5 occurrences in a year are not reported.

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