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

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Peak · boys
#321
1897 · 33 births
Debut · boys
1880
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,989
since 1880

Early over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #1,332, 1891peak #321, 1897girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,67910
2024——
2023——
2022—#7,76810
2021—#12,1465
2020——
2019—#9,7567
2018——
2017——
2016—#10,7446
2015—#6,32413
2014——
2013#14,5826—
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009—#8,9858
2008—#12,5535
2007—#10,9216
2006——
2005——
2004—#11,3565
2003—#10,8945
2002—#10,6675
2001——
2000—#5,92011
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996—#9,0155
1995—#6,9927
1994——
1993——
1992—#6,1288
1991—#4,76011
1990—#4,16713
1989—#5,6158
1988—#5,2008
1987—#4,9688
1986—#4,4579
1985—#3,40113
1984—#6,3155
1983—#4,9077
1982—#3,48212
1981—#3,03014
1980—#5,5256
1979—#3,35712
1978—#2,92914
1977—#2,66516
1976—#3,26411
1975—#4,3097
1974—#2,05021
1973—#2,60614
1972—#2,81912
1971—#2,55814
1970—#1,69926
1969—#3,3148
1968—#1,96217
1967—#1,90617
1966—#1,61323
1965—#1,66922
1964—#2,40912
1963#6,5925#1,79220
1962#5,2937#1,51527
1961—#1,40632
1960—#1,43431
1959#5,5666#1,43930
1958#6,1035#1,32134
1957#4,2029#1,30036
1956—#1,56825
1955#3,57111#1,18140
1954—#1,08248
1953#4,2268#1,09145
1952#3,7969#1,04448
1951#4,3857#1,04047
1950#3,6629#1,07443
1949#3,6129#91157
1948#2,82813#97251
1947—#92357
1946—#1,03144
1945—#91649
1944#3,6877#81060
1943#3,4938#85660
1942#3,1949#90054
1941#3,9546#98742
1940#2,73710#96744
1939#2,9229#1,00740
1938#4,3425#83455
1937#3,1468#82455
1936#2,8579#84452
1935#3,7426#96943
1934#4,2865#80859
1933—#79959
1932#4,4115#88852
1931#3,4977#99744
1930#3,3458#87357
1929#2,73711#75271
1928#2,49713#82663
1927#3,8757#69088
1926#2,35115#73176
1925#4,9735#74677
1924#2,97311#73781
1923#3,12510#75575
1922#4,0117#72282
1921#2,50914#70785
1920#3,3409#75476
1919#2,81311#66387
1918#3,02410#73376
1917#3,3448#65683
1916—#75765
1915—#69071
1914#2,8767#68755
1913—#62950
1912—#70037
1911—#54830
1910#2,1406#48033
1909—#43633
1908—#52223
1907#1,6397#41730
1906—#48921
1905—#54918
1904#1,8775#43124
1903—#41123
1902—#44022
1901—#40721
1900—#41929
1899—#36225
1898—#38526
1897—#32133
1896#1,4166#46219
1895—#39024
1894—#39922
1893—#50914
1892—#49716
1891#1,3325#39719
1890—#36923
1889—#40520
1888—#44218
1887—#43815
1886—#43117
1885—#48015
1884—#50414
1883—#46015
1882—#61110
1881—#50312
1880—#57111
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Early is popular in 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #493 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,553 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedMSAlabama: #423 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,443 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Early, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#423 · 1 in 6,443
  2. Louisiana#493 · 1 in 6,553

Best ever in a state: #146 in Alabama, 1910.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#42361 in 6,443
Louisiana#49361 in 6,553
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Early
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1897 at #321 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1938
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,417
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all boys named Early (774) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s147#405 (1889)#485
1890s221#321 (1897)#409
1900s244#407 (1901)#452
1910s587#480 (1910)#654
1920s774#690 (1927)#742
1930s516#799 (1933)#884
1940s518#810 (1944)#927
1950s396#1,040 (1951)#1,214
1960s209#1,406 (1961)#1,902
1970s147#1,699 (1970)#2,826
1980s90#3,030 (1981)#4,690
1990s44#4,167 (1990)#6,212
2000s45#5,920 (2000)#10,185
2010s26#6,324 (2015)#8,941
2020s25#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 1953

girls
#4,226
8 births · 1 in 235,163 girls
boys
#1,091
45 births · 1 in 43,829 boys

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #4,226Early8

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #1,091Early45
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 235,163 of them was named Early, which outranked 35.0% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Early
  1. #3,955Yavonne9
  2. #3,955Young9
  3. #3,955Zenola9
  4. #4,226Early8
  5. #4,226Aaron8
  6. #4,226Adena8
  7. #4,226Adriene8
  8. #4,595Adonica7
  9. #4,595Alaina7
  10. #4,595Alessandra7

Tied with 368 names at #4,226; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,253Enola#3,201 → #948
  2. ↑ 885Lu#1,368 → #483
  3. ↑ 749Joni#1,046 → #297
  4. ↑ 553Brooke#1,351 → #798
  5. ↑ 531Lorri#1,430 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 274Roseanna#808 → #1,082
  2. ↓ 253Georgie#946 → #1,199
  3. ↓ 218Pandora#783 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 204Fonda#822 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 195Brinda#935 → #1,130

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

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 43,829 of them was named Early, which outranked 74.9% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Early
  1. #1,074Patsy46
  2. #1,074Talmadge46
  3. #1,074Trinidad46
  4. #1,091Early45
  5. #1,091Curley45
  6. #1,091Donal45
  7. #1,091Elden45
  8. #1,102Alfonza44
  9. #1,102Barrett44
  10. #1,102Buck44

Tied with 10 names at #1,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,276Faron#2,251 → #975
  2. ↑ 694Shane#1,213 → #519
  3. ↑ 528Enrico#1,517 → #989
  4. ↑ 441Blaise#1,430 → #989
  5. ↑ 429Robbin#1,268 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Durwood#981 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 392Jonnie#939 → #1,331
  3. ↓ 312Elvis#968 → #1,280
  4. ↓ 293Edsel#968 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 292Beverly#766 → #1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1953 →