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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 114,353 of them was named Early, which outranked 45.6% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,572Zara11
- #2,572Zelia11
- #2,572Zeta11
- #2,737Early10
- #2,737Adah10
- #2,737Aggie10
- #2,737Albertina10
- #2,963Adria9
- #2,963Agustina9
- #2,963Aldena9
Tied with 225 names at #2,737; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 26,345 of them was named Early, which outranked 75.4% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).