Earl

Where Earl comes from

From earl (“nobleman”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Earl
  • English
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #52 among boys — 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.