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
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 55 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,505since 1880
Earle over time
Rank among boys' names. Earle has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,902 | 21 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,140 | 24 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,063 | 23 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,464 | 34 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,508 | 32 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,101 | 55 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,374 | 37 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #968 | 57 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | — | #950 | 58 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,043 | 50 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,035 | 53 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,037 | 53 | |
| 1962 | — | #973 | 61 | |
| 1961 | — | #901 | 72 | |
| 1960 | — | #916 | 68 | |
| 1959 | — | #797 | 92 | |
| 1958 | — | #767 | 94 | |
| 1957 | — | #823 | 84 | |
| 1956 | — | #778 | 91 | |
| 1955 | — | #696 | 111 | |
| 1954 | — | #717 | 101 | |
| 1953 | — | #686 | 108 | |
| 1952 | — | #699 | 100 | |
| 1951 | — | #614 | 132 | |
| 1950 | — | #652 | 114 | |
| 1949 | — | #624 | 119 | |
| 1948 | — | #548 | 148 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #566 | 143 |
| 1946 | — | #553 | 132 | |
| 1945 | — | #580 | 109 | |
| 1944 | — | #514 | 138 | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #493 | 158 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #518 | 141 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #520 | 130 |
| 1940 | — | #513 | 127 | |
| 1939 | — | #518 | 121 | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #539 | 117 |
| 1937 | — | #463 | 145 | |
| 1936 | — | #459 | 150 | |
| 1935 | — | #442 | 166 | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #430 | 170 |
| 1933 | — | #418 | 169 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #399 | 199 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #424 | 178 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #395 | 212 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #348 | 260 |
| 1928 | — | #356 | 260 | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #366 | 254 |
| 1926 | — | #379 | 237 | |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #352 | 280 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #346 | 290 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #355 | 277 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #367 | 267 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #320 | 331 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #307 | 349 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #336 | 283 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #293 | 350 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #285 | 328 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #313 | 276 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #282 | 307 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #327 | 194 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #284 | 194 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #306 | 141 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #289 | 83 |
| 1910 | — | #337 | 54 | |
| 1909 | — | #321 | 51 | |
| 1908 | — | #330 | 46 | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #301 | 50 |
| 1906 | — | #316 | 43 | |
| 1905 | — | #360 | 33 | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #270 | 50 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #330 | 33 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #285 | 44 |
| 1901 | — | #302 | 34 | |
| 1900 | — | #307 | 46 | |
| 1899 | — | #254 | 43 | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #252 | 49 |
| 1897 | — | #299 | 37 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #249 | 53 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #245 | 53 |
| 1894 | — | #231 | 55 | |
| 1893 | — | #235 | 54 | |
| 1892 | — | #249 | 51 | |
| 1891 | — | #248 | 41 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #259 | 43 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | #237 | 47 |
| 1888 | — | #280 | 41 | |
| 1887 | — | #254 | 39 | |
| 1886 | — | #252 | 46 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #278 | 38 | |
| 1883 | — | #284 | 33 | |
| 1882 | — | #377 | 22 | |
| 1881 | — | #360 | 21 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 112 spots in 1886 (#364 → #252)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1969 (#968 → #1,198)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #231 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 83 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1962
- 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
- 24.4% of all boys named Earle (2,805) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 335 | #237 (1889) | #303 |
| 1890s | 479 | #231 (1894) | #252 |
| 1900s | 430 | #270 (1904) | #312 |
| 1910s | 2,210 | #282 (1915) | #305 |
| 1920s | 2,805 | #307 (1920) | #350 |
| 1930s | 1,627 | #395 (1930) | #449 |
| 1940s | 1,345 | #493 (1943) | #543 |
| 1950s | 1,027 | #614 (1951) | #723 |
| 1960s | 567 | #901 (1961) | #1,002 |
| 1970s | 328 | #1,101 (1971) | #1,621 |
| 1980s | 208 | #1,899 (1981) | #2,576 |
| 1990s | 92 | #3,338 (1992) | #6,131 |
| 2000s | 41 | #6,522 (2002) | #9,297 |
| 2010s | 11 | #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 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 152,450 of them was named Earle, which outranked 30.0% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,274Yoko8
- #3,274Yoshie8
- #3,274Zara8
- #3,568Earle7
- #3,568Adel7
- #3,568Adelfa7
- #3,568Adlean7
- #3,901Adalene6
- #3,901Adamae6
- #3,901Addis6
Tied with 332 names at #3,568; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 5,247 of them was named Earle, which outranked 90.7% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).