Earlene

Where Earlene comes from

The dictionaries list Earlene as a given name — a female given name from English derived from Earl — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,679 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Earlene Brown born
    American shot putter and discus thrower
  3. 1938
    Peak, #314
    388 babies named Earlene — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1954
    Earlene Fowler born
    American writer
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #719.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English derived from Earl.
Namesakes
  • Earlene Brown · American shot putter and discus thrower, 1935–1983
  • Earlene Fowler · American writer, born 1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.