Earline

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,130
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1932 · 454 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,524
since 1889

Earline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Earline has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #296, 1932girls
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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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1995#13,3865
1994
1993#10,5887
1992#13,3175
1991#7,43011
1990#10,1937
1989#10,8476
1988#5,59814
1987#6,78810
1986#5,45913
1985#6,9559
1984#5,89911
1983#4,10918
1982#4,02519
1981#4,00519
1980#5,24513
1979#4,62615
1978#4,07917
1977#3,76119
1976#3,28721
1975#3,51419
1974#2,68327
1973#2,50629
1972#1,98940
1971#2,03541
1970#1,68155
1969#1,64853
1968#1,59452
1967#1,22775
1966#1,27372
1965#1,15685
1964#1,085101
1963#1,043106
1962#1,001115
1961#978122
1960#954125
1959#871140
1958#811154
1957#871136
1956#772161
1955#657203
1954#754152
1953#633198
1952#533256
1951#499270
1950#527244
1949#477284
1948#466296
1947#467308
1946#434318
1945#393328
1944#393325
1943#396342
1942#419293
1941#340369
1940#340355#3,1306
1939#360326
1938#340352
1937#347339#3,1756
1936#315373#3,5495
1935#300411
1934#303425
1933#298416#3,2686
1932#296454#2,6389
1931#335361#3,7635
1930#314442#3,0228
1929#316431
1928#307466
1927#307470#2,9129
1926#311460
1925#314449#4,1975
1924#325428
1923#339372
1922#350347
1921#366331
1920#358332
1919#366310
1918#406260
1917#418231
1916#420221
1915#488159
1914#431157
1913#453120
1912#51887
1911#57356
1910#41093
1909#55947
1908#56743
1907#52147
1906#70727
1905#54740
1904#68226
1903#81318
1902#87216
1901#1,2278
1900#88518
1899#75618
1898#71921
1897#1,3856
1896#1,2138
1895#1,1239
1894
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1890
1889#1,2795
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Earline! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Earline is popular in 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMNIllinois: #669 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,425 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMINew York: #1,022 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 28,565 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #781 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,450 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNEMissouri: #375 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,374 girlsMOKentucky: #385 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,194 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWVVirginia: #328 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedKSArkansas: #319 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,668 girlsARTennessee: #255 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,039 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #318 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,682 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #281 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,973 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #284 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,361 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #196 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,030 girlsLAMississippi: #189 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 886 girlsMSAlabama: #289 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsALGeorgia: #327 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,790 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedHITexas: #781 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,634 girlsTXFlorida: #427 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,041 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#189 · 1 in 886
  2. Louisiana#196 · 1 in 1,030
  3. Tennessee#255 · 1 in 2,039
  4. South Carolina#281 · 1 in 1,973
  5. District of Columbia#284 · 1 in 2,361

Best ever in a state: #78 in Louisiana, 1933.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#189321 in 886
Louisiana#196331 in 1,030
Tennessee#255181 in 2,039
South Carolina#281141 in 1,973
District of Columbia#28451 in 2,361
Alabama#289171 in 2,166
North Carolina#318181 in 2,682
Arkansas#31981 in 2,668
Georgia#327151 in 2,790
Virginia#328111 in 3,179
Missouri#37591 in 4,374
Kentucky#38581 in 4,194
Florida#42771 in 4,041
Illinois#66971 in 12,425
Pennsylvania#78151 in 20,450
Texas#78191 in 10,634
New York#1,02251 in 28,565
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Earline
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
  • Biggest jump: 666 spots in 1898 (#1,385#719)
  • Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1901 (#885#1,227)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1932 at #296 (454 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1902–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,351
  • Highest: 1 in 2,351 girls born in 1932 were named Earline (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 351,710 girls born in 1995 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.7% of all girls named Earline (4,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s62#719 (1898)#1,039
1900s290#521 (1907)#738
1910s1,694#366 (1919)#448
1920s4,086#307 (1927)#329
1930s3,899#296 (1932)#321
1940s3,218#340 (1941)#413
1950s1,914#499 (1951)#693
1960s906#954 (1960)#1,196
1970s283#1,681 (1970)#3,016
1980s132#4,005 (1981)#5,893
1990s35#7,430 (1991)#10,983

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

Earline in 1950

girls
#527
244 births · 1 in 7,021 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #527Earline244
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 7,021 of them was named Earline, which outranked 91.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earline
  1. #522Nita246
  2. #525Addie245
  3. #525Lizzie245
  4. #527Earline244
  5. #527Angie244
  6. #527Johanna244
  7. #527Nikki244
  8. #532Clarice243
  9. #532Leola243
  10. #532Sharyn243

Tied with 4 names at #527; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. 1,242Mindy#2,013#771
  2. 649Geralyn#1,627#978
  3. 636Kyle#1,512#876
  4. 416Debrah#1,109#693
  5. 405Debbra#1,353#948
Fallers
  1. 241Luana#823#1,064
  2. 231Christene#930#1,161
  3. 216Pearline#785#1,001
  4. 210Ingrid#518#728
  5. 201Dayle#982#1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1950