COMPILED FROM THE FEDERAL REGISTERS, 1880 TO THE PRESENT
American first names, tracked to the federal reporting line.

THE RETURNED — LETTER I

318 names under I. Gone ten consecutive years or more, then reported again.

NameSexLongest absenceReturned2025 birthsPeak
IaF2010–2019 (10 yrs)202001989 · 12
IamM1988–1998 (11 yrs)1999982025 · 98
IanF1941–1964 (24 yrs)196581986 · 35
IantheF1985–2010 (26 yrs)201101970 · 9
IanthiaF1928–1951 (24 yrs)195201952 · 6
IbbieF1935–2022 (88 yrs)202392024 · 58
IbetF1964–1989 (26 yrs)199002000 · 9
IbisF1974–1987 (14 yrs)198802005 · 10
IbisM1978–2007 (30 yrs)200801977 · 6
IcelF1931–1993 (63 yrs)199401994 · 11
IcelaF2013–2022 (10 yrs)202301995 · 14
IceleanF1926–1935 (10 yrs)193601925 · 5
IceolaF1922–1964 (43 yrs)196501921 · 5
IceyF1950–1989 (40 yrs)199001921 · 12
IchardM1958–1982 (25 yrs)198301957 · 5
IchiroM1936–2004 (69 yrs)200501920 · 21
IcieF1961–1976 (16 yrs)197701915 · 42
IcyF1960–1984 (25 yrs)198501899 · 28
IdabelF1892–1913 (22 yrs)191401919 · 14
IdabelleF1943–2018 (76 yrs)201901918 · 34
IdahF1899–1911 (13 yrs)191201916 · 7
IdahliaF2007–2019 (13 yrs)202052023 · 15
IdaleeF1945–2003 (59 yrs)200401924 · 8
IdaleneF1913–1922 (10 yrs)192301923 · 8
IdaliaF1890–1910 (21 yrs)1911862023 · 160
IdalinaF1969–2017 (49 yrs)201801926 · 6
IdalmisF1983–1993 (11 yrs)199401982 · 5
IdamaeF1961–2000 (40 yrs)200161917 · 54
IdanM1982–1992 (11 yrs)1993302009 · 36
IdeliaF1964–2000 (37 yrs)200101915 · 9
IdellM1922–1931 (10 yrs)193201921 · 7
IdellarF1922–1933 (12 yrs)193401910 · 5
IdenM1977–1998 (22 yrs)199982014 · 42
IdenaF1915–1951 (37 yrs)195201974 · 6
IdeshaF1985–2006 (22 yrs)200702007 · 9
IdessaF1931–1943 (13 yrs)194401927 · 7
IdiaF1955–2021 (67 yrs)202261916 · 7
IdonnaF1940–1982 (43 yrs)198301928 · 13
IdrisF1923–1980 (58 yrs)198161920 · 7
IdrisM1915–1950 (36 yrs)19513912025 · 391
IgnacioF1927–1977 (51 yrs)197801926 · 7
IgnasioM1933–1956 (24 yrs)195701997 · 7
IgnatzM1885–1911 (27 yrs)191201914 · 19
IgnazioM1947–1959 (13 yrs)196061917 · 37
IhlaF1939–2018 (80 yrs)201902019 · 7
IkechiM2002–2013 (12 yrs)201401997 · 8
IkeyM1956–2010 (55 yrs)201101952 · 9
IkieM1933–1942 (10 yrs)194301948 · 7
IlahF1965–1999 (35 yrs)2000542022 · 70
IlamaeF1939–2020 (82 yrs)202101927 · 11
IlanyF1998–2010 (13 yrs)2011222025 · 22
IlariaF1969–1979 (11 yrs)1980602025 · 60
IlarioM1932–1970 (39 yrs)197172006 · 12
IlayaF2004–2018 (15 yrs)2019132025 · 13
IldefonsoM2012–2021 (10 yrs)202201976 · 16
IldikoF1978–2000 (23 yrs)200101959 · 9
IleanF1972–2008 (37 yrs)200901926 · 42
IleanaF1935–1944 (10 yrs)1945501991 · 141
IleeneF1970–1985 (16 yrs)198601920 · 22
IleniaF1999–2008 (10 yrs)200901998 · 5
IlerF1897–1907 (11 yrs)190801914 · 9
IleyM1901–1915 (15 yrs)191601921 · 10
IlhamM2003–2021 (19 yrs)2022112025 · 11
IliaF1932–1953 (22 yrs)1954341980 · 43
IlianF2003–2017 (15 yrs)201801999 · 7
IlianisF2009–2018 (10 yrs)201902008 · 6
IliasM1984–1994 (11 yrs)1995602024 · 66
IliciaF1991–2000 (10 yrs)200101971 · 5
IlijaM1972–1989 (18 yrs)199052024 · 13
IlimaF1990–2008 (19 yrs)200901976 · 7
IlineF1955–2003 (49 yrs)200401920 · 18
IlirM2013–2023 (11 yrs)202461991 · 10
IlisaF1988–1999 (12 yrs)200001964 · 13
IliseF1969–1989 (21 yrs)199001961 · 9
IllaF1985–2002 (18 yrs)2003101926 · 58
IllahF1938–2019 (82 yrs)202002020 · 6
IlleanaF1928–1962 (35 yrs)196302005 · 34
IlliaF1981–2020 (40 yrs)202102021 · 6
IlliyanaF2010–2022 (13 yrs)202302009 · 7
IllyaF1969–2023 (55 yrs)202401966 · 11
IllyaM1996–2006 (11 yrs)200701966 · 78
IllyssaF1994–2003 (10 yrs)200401989 · 5
IlmaF1963–2002 (40 yrs)2003141917 · 15
IloF1948–2013 (66 yrs)201401921 · 33
IloM1934–2010 (77 yrs)2011112024 · 12
IlsyF1996–2005 (10 yrs)200601995 · 5
IlvaF1929–1947 (19 yrs)194801921 · 12
IlyF1916–2000 (85 yrs)2001472015 · 72
IlyaF1962–1979 (18 yrs)1980262025 · 26
IlyanaF1979–1988 (10 yrs)1989782025 · 78
IlysaF1971–2001 (31 yrs)200201969 · 8
IlzeF1958–1993 (36 yrs)199401951 · 13
ImaaniF1997–2020 (24 yrs)202152023 · 11
ImanaF1997–2016 (20 yrs)2017122025 · 12
ImanyF1998–2013 (16 yrs)201402014 · 6
ImarM1992–2008 (17 yrs)200961991 · 6
ImarionM2008–2018 (11 yrs)201902005 · 15
ImhotepM1982–1992 (11 yrs)199301993 · 8
ImiraF1995–2016 (22 yrs)201772025 · 7
ImmaculataF1943–2022 (80 yrs)202301921 · 7
ImmanuelM1928–1966 (39 yrs)19671682015 · 239
ImogenF1950–1992 (43 yrs)19932112024 · 216
ImonM1943–1996 (54 yrs)199752013 · 10
ImreM1977–1989 (13 yrs)199072023 · 12
InF1959–1981 (23 yrs)198201956 · 6
InaM1944–1980 (37 yrs)198101928 · 8
InaaraF2003–2016 (14 yrs)201791998 · 28
InacioM1930–2000 (71 yrs)200102005 · 7
InahF1919–2007 (89 yrs)200802008 · 6
InasF1953–1988 (36 yrs)198961926 · 14
InbalF1980–1990 (11 yrs)199101991 · 6
IndaF1988–1997 (10 yrs)199801916 · 12
IndalecioM1930–1945 (16 yrs)194601993 · 10
IndependenceF2002–2014 (13 yrs)201502016 · 6
IndianaF1957–1981 (25 yrs)1982842021 · 112
IndieF1961–1978 (18 yrs)19794592022 · 550
IndigoF1972–1982 (11 yrs)19833182025 · 318
IndraM1999–2009 (11 yrs)2010132024 · 16
IndraniF1982–2002 (21 yrs)200302011 · 6
InduF1970–2000 (31 yrs)200101969 · 5
IndyF1958–1969 (12 yrs)19703532024 · 363
IneishaF1995–2022 (28 yrs)202352023 · 11
InesaF2012–2022 (11 yrs)202302011 · 5
IneshiaF1978–1987 (10 yrs)198801989 · 6
InessF1942–2015 (74 yrs)201601916 · 12
InethaF1940–1952 (13 yrs)195301924 · 9
InfantboyM2005–2017 (13 yrs)201852019 · 10
InfantgirlF2007–2018 (12 yrs)201972019 · 12
InfantmaleM2004–2022 (19 yrs)202302023 · 8
InfiniteM2004–2020 (17 yrs)202101999 · 11
IngeF1988–1997 (10 yrs)199801967 · 30
IngeborgF1971–1980 (10 yrs)198101930 · 31
IngramM1891–1910 (20 yrs)191101917 · 13
IngredF1970–1981 (12 yrs)198201969 · 7
IngvaldM1900–1913 (14 yrs)191401918 · 18
IniaF1949–2004 (56 yrs)200502005 · 7
InikoM1977–1994 (18 yrs)1995122020 · 20
InmanM1957–2004 (48 yrs)200551920 · 17
InnaF1948–1990 (43 yrs)1991172015 · 27
InnayaF2009–2020 (12 yrs)202102008 · 6
InnisM1920–1999 (80 yrs)200052001 · 14
InocenciaF1931–1954 (24 yrs)195501924 · 13
InocenteM1952–1979 (28 yrs)198001998 · 9
InokeM1996–2009 (14 yrs)201062015 · 7
InolaF1941–2018 (78 yrs)2019101920 · 11
IntisarF1984–1996 (13 yrs)199702017 · 14
InzaF1953–2019 (67 yrs)202051914 · 14
IoaneM1976–1985 (10 yrs)1986122021 · 30
IokepaM1985–1994 (10 yrs)199552008 · 10
IolaF1990–2005 (16 yrs)200671918 · 368
IolandaF1931–1970 (40 yrs)197101916 · 10
IomaF1941–1955 (15 yrs)195601916 · 15
IonM1929–1965 (37 yrs)1966142023 · 15
IonaM2009–2023 (15 yrs)202402008 · 5
IoniaF1963–2006 (44 yrs)200701923 · 18
IosifM1986–2006 (21 yrs)200762023 · 9
IosuaM2007–2022 (16 yrs)202302001 · 7
IranF1981–1993 (13 yrs)199402000 · 42
IranM1928–1937 (10 yrs)1938111978 · 36
IrazemaF1983–1995 (13 yrs)199601996 · 10
IrbyF1899–1915 (17 yrs)191601916 · 6
IreM1944–2007 (64 yrs)200801923 · 6
IreathaF1932–1950 (19 yrs)195101920 · 5
IreeF1933–2004 (72 yrs)200502013 · 9
IrelandM1953–1995 (43 yrs)199601918 · 8
IreneM1995–2022 (28 yrs)202301928 · 43
IreneoM1932–1970 (39 yrs)197101980 · 6
IrfaanM2002–2016 (15 yrs)201702017 · 7
IriaF1917–1980 (64 yrs)198102002 · 8
IricM1981–2005 (25 yrs)200602006 · 6
IridianaF2006–2024 (19 yrs)202551995 · 61
IrieF1933–1981 (49 yrs)1982952015 · 184
IrieM1960–1992 (33 yrs)1993212024 · 34
IrielleF1992–2002 (11 yrs)200352020 · 8
IrinaF1945–1957 (13 yrs)19581272024 · 136
IrineoM1929–1940 (12 yrs)194101991 · 13
IrishM1926–1947 (22 yrs)194802005 · 11
IrishaF1996–2005 (10 yrs)200601979 · 9
IrlM1899–1911 (13 yrs)191201921 · 19
IrleneF1958–1980 (23 yrs)198101922 · 8
IrmuunM2014–2023 (10 yrs)202402013 · 5
IrnaF1922–1943 (22 yrs)194401918 · 5
IronM1979–2004 (26 yrs)200502005 · 7
IrvanM1965–1986 (22 yrs)198701917 · 14
IrvinF1955–1987 (33 yrs)198801921 · 11
IrvineM1970–1981 (12 yrs)198201915 · 30
IrvynM1992–2003 (12 yrs)200402008 · 7
IryssF2009–2018 (10 yrs)201902008 · 5
IsaM1926–1963 (38 yrs)19642532025 · 253
IsaahM1922–1990 (69 yrs)199102001 · 34
IsaamM2001–2016 (16 yrs)201702000 · 6
IsabeleF1920–1996 (77 yrs)199702003 · 16
IsabelitaF1961–1971 (11 yrs)197201973 · 8
IsaccM1926–1946 (21 yrs)1947102003 · 85
IsadorM1944–2023 (80 yrs)202401915 · 14
IsadoraF1958–1968 (11 yrs)19691772024 · 192
IsadoreF1929–2013 (85 yrs)201401917 · 14
IsahM1925–1997 (73 yrs)199801924 · 8
IsaiF2013–2023 (11 yrs)2024112025 · 11
IsaianM2002–2014 (13 yrs)201502001 · 5
IsaihM1895–1911 (17 yrs)191271999 · 74
IsaisM1981–1991 (11 yrs)199272009 · 14
IsamM1881–1916 (36 yrs)191771998 · 11
IsamaraF2005–2019 (15 yrs)202051990 · 17
IsamariF1991–2003 (13 yrs)200402006 · 6
IsamarieF1991–2001 (11 yrs)200201990 · 6
IsamuM1939–1986 (48 yrs)198701922 · 40
IsanderM2007–2020 (14 yrs)2021112025 · 11
IsaoM1945–2015 (71 yrs)201601925 · 20
IsaqueM2009–2021 (13 yrs)202202008 · 5
IsaraF2005–2017 (13 yrs)201802018 · 8
IsarelM1984–2005 (22 yrs)200601983 · 5
IsauroM1923–1940 (18 yrs)194161989 · 15
IsayanaF1997–2020 (24 yrs)202151996 · 5
IsbelF1998–2008 (11 yrs)200962009 · 6
IsbellaF1927–1998 (72 yrs)199902006 · 12
IseldaF1988–2000 (13 yrs)200101987 · 6
IsellaF1984–2000 (17 yrs)2001122019 · 25
IselleF2003–2013 (11 yrs)201402014 · 13
IseniaF1998–2007 (10 yrs)200801997 · 7
IshahF1986–1995 (10 yrs)199601985 · 5
IshamM2008–2021 (14 yrs)202201922 · 27
IshamelM1931–1985 (55 yrs)198601922 · 6
IsheaF1981–1990 (10 yrs)199101991 · 9
IshmaelM1881–1891 (11 yrs)18921212017 · 158
IshmanM1940–1979 (40 yrs)198001980 · 6
IshmealM1943–1960 (18 yrs)196101997 · 14
IshmelM1953–1973 (21 yrs)197402000 · 12
IshraqM2012–2021 (10 yrs)202202000 · 5
IshwariF2011–2023 (13 yrs)202402010 · 7
IsiacM1934–1959 (26 yrs)196002001 · 15
IsiasM2004–2013 (10 yrs)201452022 · 7
IsidorM1962–2017 (56 yrs)201871914 · 24
IsidoraF1963–1992 (30 yrs)1993242023 · 28
IsidroM1886–1897 (12 yrs)1898882000 · 160
IsileliM1997–2007 (11 yrs)200802019 · 11
IsisF1902–1959 (58 yrs)19601282005 · 561
IslaF1966–1975 (10 yrs)197660122025 · 6,012
IslahF1978–2012 (35 yrs)2013552020 · 70
IslandM2007–2016 (10 yrs)2017172024 · 22
IsmaF1922–1999 (78 yrs)200001914 · 9
IsmaelaF2008–2021 (14 yrs)202252022 · 6
IsmahF2009–2018 (10 yrs)201902023 · 7
IsmealM1961–1975 (15 yrs)197601989 · 7
IsmeldaF1961–1970 (10 yrs)197101995 · 8
IsmeraldaF1978–1996 (19 yrs)199701977 · 5
IsobelF1975–1987 (13 yrs)1988792016 · 129
IsobelleF1916–1999 (84 yrs)200072008 · 8
IsolaF1948–2020 (73 yrs)202101916 · 15
IsoldeF1972–1996 (25 yrs)1997202007 · 26
IsoleneF1928–1945 (18 yrs)194601919 · 8
IsolinaF1959–1984 (26 yrs)198501958 · 8
IsonM1930–2002 (73 yrs)200302013 · 17
IsraelF1952–1966 (15 yrs)1967422018 · 70
IsrahF2002–2016 (15 yrs)201702000 · 7
IsrraelM1956–1974 (19 yrs)197552005 · 25
IssacharM1977–1995 (19 yrs)1996132019 · 20
IsselaF2006–2018 (13 yrs)201902005 · 5
IssiahM1928–1937 (10 yrs)1938111998 · 77
IstvanM1971–1990 (20 yrs)199102000 · 8
IszacM1999–2008 (10 yrs)200902009 · 6
ItaF1935–1948 (14 yrs)1949252013 · 25
ItaliaF1935–1962 (28 yrs)1963672007 · 131
ItaloM1937–1956 (20 yrs)1957111918 · 31
ItalyF1920–1988 (69 yrs)19891002018 · 133
ItalyM1923–2022 (100 yrs)202301922 · 5
IthaF1903–1912 (10 yrs)191301916 · 13
ItzelaF2011–2023 (13 yrs)202402005 · 8
IvaM1964–1974 (11 yrs)197501929 · 18
IvadellF1942–2020 (79 yrs)202101920 · 23
IvahF1948–2004 (57 yrs)200581895 · 28
IvaleeF1942–2013 (72 yrs)201401929 · 24
IvanhoeM1993–2002 (10 yrs)200301982 · 5
IvanyF2010–2021 (12 yrs)202202022 · 6
IvarM1897–1907 (11 yrs)19081332025 · 133
IveF1948–1997 (50 yrs)199801932 · 7
IvelynF2008–2023 (16 yrs)202402006 · 8
IvenaF1922–1936 (15 yrs)193701921 · 5
IverF1933–2021 (89 yrs)202201920 · 10
IversonM1895–1911 (17 yrs)19121292024 · 140
IveryF1894–1909 (16 yrs)1910162020 · 20
IvesM1927–1983 (57 yrs)198402020 · 8
IviaF1932–1961 (30 yrs)196201916 · 7
IvieM1952–1981 (30 yrs)198201920 · 10
IvisF1940–1951 (12 yrs)195201921 · 15
IvisM1931–1998 (68 yrs)199902008 · 12
IvoM1901–1911 (11 yrs)1912111922 · 19
IvonF1939–1963 (25 yrs)196401997 · 51
IvonaF2014–2023 (10 yrs)202401995 · 7
IvoneF1932–1957 (26 yrs)195801972 · 18
IvonneF1928–1938 (11 yrs)1939271992 · 215
IvorF1902–1915 (14 yrs)191601921 · 9
IvoryroseF2014–2024 (11 yrs)202562013 · 7
IvreeF2003–2012 (10 yrs)201352016 · 7
IvryF1920–2000 (81 yrs)2001172022 · 21
IvyanneF1994–2015 (22 yrs)201602016 · 7
IwanM1959–2016 (58 yrs)201701958 · 5
IwanaF1940–1963 (24 yrs)196401927 · 7
IxcelF1996–2005 (10 yrs)200601994 · 9
IylaF1930–1998 (69 yrs)19995722025 · 572
IylanF2011–2021 (11 yrs)202202024 · 7
IyoniF2006–2022 (17 yrs)202302023 · 9
IyshaF1997–2007 (11 yrs)200801991 · 13
IzaF1932–1980 (49 yrs)1981112022 · 25
IzabelF1923–1977 (55 yrs)1978472007 · 254
IzabeleF2002–2016 (15 yrs)201702001 · 7
IzearM1928–1938 (11 yrs)193901952 · 9
IzelM1959–1987 (29 yrs)1988302025 · 30
IzelaF1991–2000 (10 yrs)200102005 · 11
IzellaF1972–2003 (32 yrs)200461921 · 21
IzenaF1908–1924 (17 yrs)192501907 · 5
IzettaF1986–2015 (30 yrs)201601924 · 64
IziahM1922–1951 (30 yrs)1952162008 · 80
IzmaF1900–2006 (107 yrs)200702009 · 9
IzolaF1978–2016 (39 yrs)201701923 · 59
IzoraF1973–1992 (20 yrs)199391915 · 37
IzzieF1892–2005 (114 yrs)2006162022 · 29
IzzyM1924–1993 (70 yrs)1994252024 · 30

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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