Early
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #14,582 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 91.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,989since 1880
Early over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,324 | 13 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,699 | 26 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #1,515 | 27 |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,321 | 34 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #1,300 | 36 |
| 1956 | — | #1,568 | 25 | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1954 | — | #1,082 | 48 | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #1,091 | 45 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #1,044 | 48 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #1,040 | 47 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #1,074 | 43 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #911 | 57 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #972 | 51 |
| 1947 | — | #923 | 57 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,031 | 44 | |
| 1945 | — | #916 | 49 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #810 | 60 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #856 | 60 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #900 | 54 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #987 | 42 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #967 | 44 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #1,007 | 40 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #834 | 55 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #824 | 55 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #844 | 52 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #969 | 43 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #808 | 59 |
| 1933 | — | #799 | 59 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #888 | 52 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #997 | 44 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #873 | 57 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #752 | 71 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #826 | 63 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #690 | 88 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #731 | 76 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #746 | 77 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #737 | 81 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #755 | 75 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #722 | 82 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #707 | 85 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #754 | 76 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #663 | 87 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #733 | 76 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #656 | 83 |
| 1916 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1915 | — | #690 | 71 | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #687 | 55 |
| 1913 | — | #629 | 50 | |
| 1912 | — | #700 | 37 | |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #480 | 33 |
| 1909 | — | #436 | 33 | |
| 1908 | — | #522 | 23 | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #417 | 30 |
| 1906 | — | #489 | 21 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #431 | 24 |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #440 | 22 | |
| 1901 | — | #407 | 21 | |
| 1900 | — | #419 | 29 | |
| 1899 | — | #362 | 25 | |
| 1898 | — | #385 | 26 | |
| 1897 | — | #321 | 33 | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | — | #390 | 24 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #397 | 19 |
| 1890 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1889 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #480 | 15 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Early was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Early
- 1,355 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1883 (#611 → #460)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1939 (#834 → #1,007)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #321 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 67 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1938
- Highest: 1 in 3,417 boys born in 1897 were named Early (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.4% of all boys named Early (774) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 147 | #405 (1889) | #485 |
| 1890s | 221 | #321 (1897) | #409 |
| 1900s | 244 | #407 (1901) | #452 |
| 1910s | 587 | #480 (1910) | #654 |
| 1920s | 774 | #690 (1927) | #742 |
| 1930s | 516 | #799 (1933) | #884 |
| 1940s | 518 | #810 (1944) | #927 |
| 1950s | 396 | #1,040 (1951) | #1,214 |
| 1960s | 209 | #1,406 (1961) | #1,902 |
| 1970s | 147 | #1,699 (1970) | #2,826 |
| 1980s | 90 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,690 |
| 1990s | 44 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,212 |
| 2000s | 45 | #5,920 (2000) | #10,185 |
| 2010s | 26 | #6,324 (2015) | #8,941 |
| 2020s | 25 | #7,679 (2025) | #9,198 |
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.
Early in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 133,143 of them was named Early, which outranked 42.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,097Wretha10
- #3,097Yuri10
- #3,097Zelia10
- #3,340Early9
- #3,340Adine9
- #3,340Adria9
- #3,340Adrianna9
- #3,598Abelina8
- #3,598Adelfa8
- #3,598Adra8
Tied with 257 names at #3,340; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 14,005 of them was named Early, which outranked 84.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).