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
- Peak · girls
- 1932 · 454 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,524since 1889
Earline over time
Rank among girls' names. Earline 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
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| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,681 | 55 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,648 | 53 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,273 | 72 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,085 | 101 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,043 | 106 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,001 | 115 | — | |
| 1961 | #978 | 122 | — | |
| 1960 | #954 | 125 | — | |
| 1959 | #871 | 140 | — | |
| 1958 | #811 | 154 | — | |
| 1957 | #871 | 136 | — | |
| 1956 | #772 | 161 | — | |
| 1955 | #657 | 203 | — | |
| 1954 | #754 | 152 | — | |
| 1953 | #633 | 198 | — | |
| 1952 | #533 | 256 | — | |
| 1951 | #499 | 270 | — | |
| 1950 | #527 | 244 | — | |
| 1949 | #477 | 284 | — | |
| 1948 | #466 | 296 | — | |
| 1947 | #467 | 308 | — | |
| 1946 | #434 | 318 | — | |
| 1945 | #393 | 328 | — | |
| 1944 | #393 | 325 | — | |
| 1943 | #396 | 342 | — | |
| 1942 | #419 | 293 | — | |
| 1941 | #340 | 369 | — | |
| 1940 | #340 | 355 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #360 | 326 | — | |
| 1938 | #340 | 352 | — | |
| 1937 | #347 | 339 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #315 | 373 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #300 | 411 | — | |
| 1934 | #303 | 425 | — | |
| 1933 | #298 | 416 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #296 | 454 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #335 | 361 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #314 | 442 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #316 | 431 | — | |
| 1928 | #307 | 466 | — | |
| 1927 | #307 | 470 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #311 | 460 | — | |
| 1925 | #314 | 449 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #325 | 428 | — | |
| 1923 | #339 | 372 | — | |
| 1922 | #350 | 347 | — | |
| 1921 | #366 | 331 | — | |
| 1920 | #358 | 332 | — | |
| 1919 | #366 | 310 | — | |
| 1918 | #406 | 260 | — | |
| 1917 | #418 | 231 | — | |
| 1916 | #420 | 221 | — | |
| 1915 | #488 | 159 | — | |
| 1914 | #431 | 157 | — | |
| 1913 | #453 | 120 | — | |
| 1912 | #518 | 87 | — | |
| 1911 | #573 | 56 | — | |
| 1910 | #410 | 93 | — | |
| 1909 | #559 | 47 | — | |
| 1908 | #567 | 43 | — | |
| 1907 | #521 | 47 | — | |
| 1906 | #707 | 27 | — | |
| 1905 | #547 | 40 | — | |
| 1904 | #682 | 26 | — | |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#265 · 1 in 1,586
- Mississippi#340 · 1 in 2,360
- South Carolina#365 · 1 in 2,660
- Alabama#446 · 1 in 3,933
- Virginia#510 · 1 in 5,798
Best ever in a state: #78 in Louisiana, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #265 | 25 | 1 in 1,586 |
| Mississippi | #340 | 11 | 1 in 2,360 |
| South Carolina | #365 | 10 | 1 in 2,660 |
| Alabama | #446 | 9 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Virginia | #510 | 7 | 1 in 5,798 |
| North Carolina | #564 | 7 | 1 in 7,011 |
| Georgia | #624 | 6 | 1 in 7,458 |
| Michigan | #718 | 7 | 1 in 12,875 |
| Texas | #758 | 13 | 1 in 8,752 |
| Illinois | #808 | 8 | 1 in 13,548 |
| California | #1,226 | 7 | 1 in 23,764 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1932 at #296 (454 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1902–1961
- 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%)
- 24.7% of all girls named Earline (4,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 62 | #719 (1898) | #1,039 |
| 1900s | 290 | #521 (1907) | #738 |
| 1910s | 1,694 | #366 (1919) | #448 |
| 1920s | 4,086 | #307 (1927) | #329 |
| 1930s | 3,899 | #296 (1932) | #321 |
| 1940s | 3,218 | #340 (1941) | #413 |
| 1950s | 1,914 | #499 (1951) | #693 |
| 1960s | 906 | #954 (1960) | #1,196 |
| 1970s | 283 | #1,681 (1970) | #3,016 |
| 1980s | 132 | #4,005 (1981) | #5,893 |
| 1990s | 35 | #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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
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2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 14,453 of them was named Earline, which outranked 87.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #866May141
- #866Pearlie141
- #866Rachael141
- #871Earline140
- #871Barbra140
- #871Edie140
- #871Gabrielle140
- #879Cassie139
- #879Gilda139
- #879Mara139
Tied with 7 names at #871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.