THE VANISHED — LETTER U
120 names under U. Below the federal reporting line for forty years or more.
| Name | Sex | First seen | Last seen | Peak | Total births |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uarda | F | 1913 | 1932 | 1918 · 6 | 21 |
| Uba | F | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 · 5 | 5 |
| Ubald | M | 1918 | 1918 | 1918 · 5 | 5 |
| Ubong | M | 1978 | 1979 | 1978 · 5 | 10 |
| Uda | F | 1919 | 1921 | 1921 · 6 | 11 |
| Udana | F | 1973 | 1976 | 1975 · 18 | 30 |
| Udelia | F | 1948 | 1948 | 1948 · 5 | 5 |
| Udell | F | 1913 | 1945 | 1916 · 11 | 134 |
| Udella | F | 1923 | 1923 | 1923 · 5 | 5 |
| Udona | F | 1975 | 1975 | 1975 · 5 | 5 |
| Udonna | F | 1975 | 1975 | 1975 · 5 | 5 |
| Udora | F | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 · 6 | 6 |
| Uel | M | 1915 | 1939 | 1918 · 8 | 75 |
| Ufemia | F | 1954 | 1954 | 1954 · 7 | 7 |
| Uganda | F | 1972 | 1979 | 1973 · 12 | 46 |
| Uganda | M | 1975 | 1977 | 1977 · 7 | 12 |
| Ugene | M | 1945 | 1945 | 1945 · 5 | 5 |
| Uhl | M | 1921 | 1921 | 1921 · 6 | 6 |
| Uhura | F | 1971 | 1978 | 1971 · 8 | 32 |
| Uhuru | F | 1972 | 1972 | 1972 · 5 | 5 |
| Uhuru | M | 1970 | 1973 | 1971 · 9 | 28 |
| Ula | M | 1917 | 1926 | 1922 · 8 | 31 |
| Ulah | F | 1915 | 1934 | 1922 · 11 | 83 |
| Ulan | M | 1918 | 1918 | 1918 · 6 | 6 |
| Ulana | F | 1952 | 1963 | 1958 · 7 | 18 |
| Uland | M | 1971 | 1971 | 1971 · 6 | 6 |
| Ulas | M | 1913 | 1947 | 1921 · 10 | 102 |
| Uldean | F | 1924 | 1929 | 1924 · 5 | 10 |
| Uldene | F | 1915 | 1930 | 1921 · 10 | 37 |
| Uldine | F | 1920 | 1937 | 1927 · 36 | 228 |
| Uldis | M | 1953 | 1953 | 1953 · 7 | 7 |
| Ules | M | 1913 | 1956 | 1913 · 9 | 69 |
| Uless | M | 1913 | 1938 | 1924 · 8 | 56 |
| Ulesses | M | 1922 | 1922 | 1922 · 5 | 5 |
| Uleta | F | 1926 | 1936 | 1926 · 5 | 10 |
| Ulf | M | 1965 | 1965 | 1965 · 5 | 5 |
| Ulice | M | 1913 | 1964 | 1931 · 12 | 134 |
| Ulis | M | 1910 | 1970 | 1927 · 18 | 256 |
| Ullanda | F | 1980 | 1982 | 1981 · 10 | 24 |
| Ulma | F | 1903 | 1925 | 1903 · 7 | 17 |
| Ulmer | M | 1911 | 1935 | 1923 · 9 | 88 |
| Ulonda | F | 1961 | 1982 | 1973 · 16 | 176 |
| Ulrica | F | 1965 | 1979 | 1967 · 8 | 61 |
| Ulrika | F | 1972 | 1972 | 1972 · 8 | 8 |
| Ulrike | F | 1958 | 1978 | 1964 · 7 | 46 |
| Ulus | M | 1913 | 1959 | 1924 · 13 | 155 |
| Ulva | F | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 · 5 | 5 |
| Ulyess | M | 1913 | 1957 | 1927 · 8 | 143 |
| Ulyesses | M | 1924 | 1969 | 1929 · 7 | 36 |
| Ulys | M | 1912 | 1943 | 1915 · 11 | 134 |
| Ulysee | M | 1915 | 1984 | 1939 · 19 | 503 |
| Ulysees | M | 1902 | 1971 | 1932 · 16 | 397 |
| Ulyss | M | 1914 | 1932 | 1918 · 9 | 54 |
| Ulyssee | M | 1925 | 1951 | 1938 · 9 | 39 |
| Ulyssess | M | 1924 | 1924 | 1924 · 5 | 5 |
| Umang | M | 1973 | 1973 | 1973 · 5 | 5 |
| Umbert | M | 1916 | 1921 | 1916 · 5 | 15 |
| Umeki | F | 1970 | 1975 | 1970 · 6 | 17 |
| Umekia | F | 1971 | 1973 | 1973 · 10 | 15 |
| Umeno | F | 1919 | 1922 | 1919 · 5 | 10 |
| Umeyo | F | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 · 5 | 5 |
| Umoja | M | 1974 | 1974 | 1974 · 5 | 5 |
| Un | F | 1978 | 1978 | 1978 · 7 | 7 |
| Unborn | F | 1975 | 1976 | 1975 · 19 | 32 |
| Unborn | M | 1975 | 1975 | 1975 · 8 | 8 |
| Underwood | M | 1914 | 1922 | 1914 · 5 | 15 |
| Undine | F | 1912 | 1935 | 1924 · 10 | 95 |
| Undra | F | 1958 | 1974 | 1967 · 10 | 75 |
| Undrea | M | 1959 | 1979 | 1966 · 8 | 70 |
| Undria | F | 1967 | 1967 | 1967 · 5 | 5 |
| Uneeda | F | 1929 | 1968 | 1931 · 9 | 31 |
| Uneka | F | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 · 6 | 6 |
| Unia | F | 1931 | 1931 | 1931 · 5 | 5 |
| Unice | M | 1927 | 1950 | 1927 · 5 | 30 |
| Unita | F | 1922 | 1975 | 1954 · 12 | 84 |
| Uno | M | 1908 | 1923 | 1918 · 15 | 103 |
| Unseld | M | 1971 | 1971 | 1971 · 5 | 5 |
| Unto | M | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 · 5 | 5 |
| Upshur | M | 1924 | 1924 | 1924 · 5 | 5 |
| Ura | F | 1887 | 1955 | 1917 · 17 | 508 |
| Uraina | F | 1972 | 1979 | 1975 · 9 | 35 |
| Ural | M | 1896 | 1970 | 1927 · 21 | 407 |
| Urana | F | 1975 | 1975 | 1975 · 5 | 5 |
| Uranus | F | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 · 5 | 5 |
| Urbain | M | 1914 | 1928 | 1924 · 8 | 57 |
| Urbana | F | 1930 | 1930 | 1930 · 5 | 5 |
| Urbane | M | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 · 5 | 5 |
| Urbin | M | 1918 | 1918 | 1918 · 5 | 5 |
| Ureka | F | 1974 | 1981 | 1974 · 5 | 15 |
| Urena | F | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 · 5 | 5 |
| Uretta | F | 1919 | 1935 | 1919 · 5 | 10 |
| Urey | M | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 · 6 | 6 |
| Urho | M | 1913 | 1923 | 1917 · 12 | 72 |
| Urhonda | F | 1972 | 1972 | 1972 · 5 | 5 |
| Urica | F | 1970 | 1981 | 1971 · 9 | 19 |
| Urika | F | 1973 | 1973 | 1973 · 5 | 5 |
| Urina | F | 1971 | 1971 | 1971 · 5 | 5 |
| Urith | F | 1921 | 1921 | 1921 · 6 | 6 |
| Urlin | M | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 · 5 | 5 |
| Urline | F | 1942 | 1942 | 1942 · 5 | 5 |
| Uronda | F | 1974 | 1974 | 1974 · 7 | 7 |
| Ursaline | F | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 · 5 | 5 |
| Ursel | F | 1915 | 1957 | 1915 · 6 | 16 |
| Ursel | M | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 · 5 | 5 |
| Ursla | F | 1968 | 1976 | 1968 · 8 | 18 |
| Ursule | F | 1900 | 1900 | 1900 · 6 | 6 |
| Ursuline | F | 1914 | 1924 | 1914 · 5 | 25 |
| Ursulla | F | 1969 | 1972 | 1969 · 5 | 10 |
| Urszula | F | 1968 | 1968 | 1968 · 5 | 5 |
| Utako | F | 1923 | 1926 | 1923 · 6 | 12 |
| Ute | F | 1960 | 1967 | 1963 · 8 | 30 |
| Utha | F | 1921 | 1933 | 1933 · 7 | 23 |
| Utica | F | 1977 | 1977 | 1977 · 5 | 5 |
| Utopia | F | 1976 | 1985 | 1978 · 8 | 44 |
| Uuno | M | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 · 6 | 6 |
| Uva | F | 1909 | 1936 | 1917 · 16 | 176 |
| Uvonka | F | 1967 | 1967 | 1967 · 5 | 5 |
| Uwe | M | 1962 | 1969 | 1964 · 8 | 30 |
| Uyless | M | 1916 | 1956 | 1936 · 7 | 39 |
| Uzella | F | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 · 5 | 5 |
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.
A collection of THE MUSEUM OF HOPEFUL MACHINES