Earle

Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295 · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #10,717
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1894 · 55 births
Debut · boys
25 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,505
since 1880

Earle over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Earle has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #231, 1894boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#10,7176
2013
2012
2011
2010#12,2315
2009
2008#9,8717
2007
2006
2005#11,4725
2004#8,9277
2003#8,6437
2002#6,52210
2001
2000#10,3495
1999
1998#5,84010
1997#9,2655
1996#7,9716
1995#6,9927
1994#8,8005
1993#5,36010
1992#3,33819
1991#4,00514
1990#3,60716
1989#2,90221
1988#3,07917
1987#3,33914
1986#2,29024
1985#3,07015
1984#2,15924
1983#2,14024
1982#2,59618
1981#1,89929
1980#2,28422
1979#1,86729
1978#1,87027
1977#2,06323
1976#1,74829
1975#1,63031
1974#1,58231
1973#1,46434
1972#1,50832
1971#1,10155
1970#1,37437
1969#1,19843
1968#96857
1967#1,00352
1966#95058
1965#1,04350
1964#1,03553
1963#1,03753
1962#97361
1961#90172
1960#91668
1959#79792
1958#76794
1957#82384
1956#77891
1955#696111
1954#717101
1953#686108
1952#699100
1951#614132
1950#652114
1949#624119
1948#548148
1947#5,2955#566143
1946#553132
1945#580109
1944#514138
1943#3,8017#493158
1942#3,7387#518141
1941#4,4205#520130
1940#513127
1939#518121
1938#2,73010#539117
1937#463145
1936#459150
1935#442166
1934#3,4497#430170
1933#418169
1932#3,5687#399199
1931#3,4977#424178
1930#4,0476#395212
1929#2,92110#348260
1928#356260
1927#3,05310#366254
1926#379237
1925#2,93911#352280
1924#3,14410#346290
1923#3,6418#355277
1922#2,61213#367267
1921#2,76212#320331
1920#3,9577#307349
1919#2,51513#336283
1918#3,5128#293350
1917#2,87910#285328
1916#2,24614#313276
1915#2,52611#282307
1914#1,89613#327194
1913#2,8276#284194
1912#2,3607#306141
1911#2,4635#28983
1910#33754
1909#32151
1908#33046
1907#1,6397#30150
1906#31643
1905#36033
1904#1,6596#27050
1903#1,2049#33033
1902#1,5946#28544
1901#30234
1900#30746
1899#25443
1898#1,5026#25249
1897#29937
1896#1,5835#24953
1895#1,4266#24553
1894#23155
1893#23554
1892#24951
1891#24841
1890#1,3385#25943
1889#1,1476#23747
1888#28041
1887#25439
1886#25246
1885#36423
1884#27838
1883#28433
1882#37722
1881#36021
1880#34125
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Earle was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1999–2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Earle
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
  • Biggest jump: 112 spots in 1886 (#364#252)
  • Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1969 (#968#1,198)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #231 (55 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 83 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,080
  • Highest: 1 in 2,080 boys born in 1893 were named Earle (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,145 boys born in 2014 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #231 in 1894, was only 1 in 2,105 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.4% of all boys named Earle (2,805) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s335#237 (1889)#303
1890s479#231 (1894)#252
1900s430#270 (1904)#312
1910s2,210#282 (1915)#305
1920s2,805#307 (1920)#350
1930s1,627#395 (1930)#449
1940s1,345#493 (1943)#543
1950s1,027#614 (1951)#723
1960s567#901 (1961)#1,002
1970s328#1,101 (1971)#1,621
1980s208#1,899 (1981)#2,576
1990s92#3,338 (1992)#6,131
2000s41#6,522 (2002)#9,297
2010s11#10,717 (2014)#11,474

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Earle in 1920

girls
#3,957
7 births · 1 in 171,184 girls
boys
#307
349 births · 1 in 3,050 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #3,957Earle7

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #307Earle349
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 171,184 of them was named Earle, which outranked 31.4% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earle
  1. #3,598Zelta8
  2. #3,598Zenia8
  3. #3,598Zerline8
  4. #3,957Earle7
  5. #3,957Adabelle7
  6. #3,957Adair7
  7. #3,957Adalee7
  8. #4,398Achsah6
  9. #4,398Adelaine6
  10. #4,398Adelma6

Tied with 440 names at #3,957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 3,050 of them was named Earle, which outranked 93.8% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earle
  1. #304Rodney353
  2. #305Cleo350
  3. #305Dallas350
  4. #307Earle349
  5. #308Joel346
  6. #309Tommy344
  7. #310Simon342
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920