Earley

Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,375

Peak · boys
1896 · 14 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
581
since 1885

Earley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Earley has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #551, 1896boys
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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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1971#4,3756
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1965#3,9305
1964
1963#2,8589
1962#3,6406
1961
1960#4,0385
1959#2,8219
1958#3,0338
1957#3,9935
1956#2,62810
1955#3,5056
1954#3,4526
1953#2,9058
1952#3,0957
1951#3,0667
1950#3,0217
1949#3,0197
1948#3,3166
1947#2,8628
1946#2,40310
1945#2,5748
1944#2,30910
1943#3,2316
1942#2,5239
1941#2,4919
1940#2,08112
1939#2,8297
1938#2,4799
1937#2,9057
1936#2,4529
1935#2,7198
1934#2,39310
1933#2,21411
1932#1,92215
1931#2,32811
1930#2,44411
1929#2,9808
1928#2,8439
1927#1,95917
1926#1,91117
1925#2,19314
1924#2,47312
1923#1,94117
1922#2,48612
1921#1,70321
1920#2,45912
1919#1,75219
1918#3,3687
1917#2,7329
1916#1,77117
1915#1,78216
1914#3,2645
1913#2,8215
1912#2,0457
1911
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1909#1,4405
1908#1,1137
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1905#1,0916
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1898#8048
1897
1896#55114
1895#1,0795
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1892#1,0665
1891
1890#8846
1889#8786
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1885#7008
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Earley! It came in at #700, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Earley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
  • Biggest jump: 528 spots in 1896 (#1,079#551)
  • Biggest drop: 6 spots in 1890 (#878#884)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1896 at #551 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1889–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,540
  • Highest: 1 in 8,540 boys born in 1896 were named Earley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 294,741 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.9% of all boys named Earley (139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s14#700 (1885)#789
1890s38#551 (1896)#877
1900s18#1,091 (1905)#1,215
1910s85#1,752 (1919)#2,442
1920s139#1,703 (1921)#2,295
1930s98#1,922 (1932)#2,469
1940s85#2,081 (1940)#2,681
1950s73#2,628 (1956)#3,152
1960s25#2,858 (1963)#3,617
1970s6#4,375 (1971)#4,375

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.

Earley in 1885

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#700
8 births · 1 in 13,475 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #700Earley8
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 13,475 of them was named Earley, which outranked 36.2% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earley
  1. #641Winfred9
  2. #641Wright9
  3. #641Wyatt9
  4. #700Earley8
  5. #700Alonza8
  6. #700Alvie8
  7. #700Andres8
  8. #765Adolf7
  9. #765Alois7
  10. #765Bailey7

Tied with 64 names at #700; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

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

See the top 100 for 1885