| 2024-06-08 | Harry Potter, e.g. |
| 2023-03-19 | Bruce Wayne in the Batman comics, e.g. |
| 2023-03-02 | Any of the Baudelaire children in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" |
| 2022-05-03 | Batman or Harry Potter, e.g. |
| 2021-11-01 | Dickens's Oliver Twist or Kipling's Mowgli |
| 2019-12-01 | Unmatched sock, informally |
| 2019-07-18 | Harry Potter, e.g. |
| 2017-11-04 | Tom Sawyer or Oliver Twist |
| 2017-05-25 | Dogie, e.g. |
| 2015-04-28 | James of "James and the Giant Peach," for one |
| 2011-03-22 | Annie of the comics, e.g. |
| 2007-07-15 | Book printer's no-no |
| 2006-12-04 | Parentless child |
| 2006-05-22 | Parentless child |
| 2004-10-13 | Annie or Dondi, of the comics |
| 2004-01-06 | Harold Gray's Annie, for one |
| 2001-06-24 | Dickens's Pip, e.g. |
| 2000-08-14 | "Little ___ Annie" |
| 1997-01-13 | Annie, e.g., in the comics |
| 1996-05-17 | Deserted animal |
| 1994-05-11 | Annie, for one |