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 — LONG MISSING

Verne
A male given name · United States

BELOW THE FEDERAL REPORTING LINE SINCE 1991 — 35 YEARS

Verne (M): reported births per year050100150200250188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 167 — 1919
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

One syllable of midcentury plainness. Reported from 1880 to 1990, with a peak of 167 in 1919 and 5,841 births recorded in all. Nothing since 1990 — 35 years below the line, though a name last seen this recently has had less time to come back than the older vanished stock.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported1990
Peak1919 — 167 births
Total recorded, 1880–20255,841
Years above the line109 of a possible 146
Longest absence35 years (1991–2025, ongoing)

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Nannie

Long Missing · 1880–1991 · peak 1920

Gussie

Long Missing · 1880–1991 · peak 1918

Adelbert

Long Missing · 1880–1995 · peak 1918

Orval

Long Missing · 1880–1995 · peak 1918

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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