Earl

Where Earl comes from

From earl (“nobleman”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Earl
  • English
  • 1 syllable
Earl through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #52 among boys, with 335 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Earl Warren born
    Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969
  3. 1894
    Peak, #20
    896 babies named Earl, its best rank.
  4. 1915
    Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr. born
    American pharmacologist
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #470.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from English from the English noun earl.
  • A female given name.
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
  • An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
  • An unincorporated community in Springbrook, Washburn County, Wisconsin.
Namesakes
  • Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr. · American pharmacologist, 1915–1974
  • Earl Warren · Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969, 1891–1974
  • Earl Holliman · American actor, 1928–2024
  • Earl Hines · American jazz pianist, 1903–1983
  • Earl Boykins · American basketball player, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.