Earle
Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295 · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #10,717
Given to boys 97.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 55 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,505since 1880
Earle over time
Rank among boys' names. Earle has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,902 | 21 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,140 | 24 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,063 | 23 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,464 | 34 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,508 | 32 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,101 | 55 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,374 | 37 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #968 | 57 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | — | #950 | 58 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,043 | 50 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,035 | 53 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,037 | 53 | |
| 1962 | — | #973 | 61 | |
| 1961 | — | #901 | 72 | |
| 1960 | — | #916 | 68 | |
| 1959 | — | #797 | 92 | |
| 1958 | — | #767 | 94 | |
| 1957 | — | #823 | 84 | |
| 1956 | — | #778 | 91 | |
| 1955 | — | #696 | 111 | |
| 1954 | — | #717 | 101 | |
| 1953 | — | #686 | 108 | |
| 1952 | — | #699 | 100 | |
| 1951 | — | #614 | 132 | |
| 1950 | — | #652 | 114 | |
| 1949 | — | #624 | 119 | |
| 1948 | — | #548 | 148 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #566 | 143 |
| 1946 | — | #553 | 132 | |
| 1945 | — | #580 | 109 | |
| 1944 | — | #514 | 138 | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #493 | 158 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #518 | 141 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #520 | 130 |
| 1940 | — | #513 | 127 | |
| 1939 | — | #518 | 121 | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #539 | 117 |
| 1937 | — | #463 | 145 | |
| 1936 | — | #459 | 150 | |
| 1935 | — | #442 | 166 | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #430 | 170 |
| 1933 | — | #418 | 169 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #399 | 199 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #424 | 178 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #395 | 212 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #348 | 260 |
| 1928 | — | #356 | 260 | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #366 | 254 |
| 1926 | — | #379 | 237 | |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #352 | 280 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #346 | 290 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #355 | 277 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #367 | 267 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #320 | 331 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #307 | 349 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #336 | 283 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #293 | 350 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #285 | 328 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #313 | 276 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #282 | 307 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #327 | 194 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #284 | 194 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #306 | 141 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #289 | 83 |
| 1910 | — | #337 | 54 | |
| 1909 | — | #321 | 51 | |
| 1908 | — | #330 | 46 | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #301 | 50 |
| 1906 | — | #316 | 43 | |
| 1905 | — | #360 | 33 | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #270 | 50 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #330 | 33 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #285 | 44 |
| 1901 | — | #302 | 34 | |
| 1900 | — | #307 | 46 | |
| 1899 | — | #254 | 43 | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #252 | 49 |
| 1897 | — | #299 | 37 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #249 | 53 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #245 | 53 |
| 1894 | — | #231 | 55 | |
| 1893 | — | #235 | 54 | |
| 1892 | — | #249 | 51 | |
| 1891 | — | #248 | 41 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #259 | 43 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | #237 | 47 |
| 1888 | — | #280 | 41 | |
| 1887 | — | #254 | 39 | |
| 1886 | — | #252 | 46 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #278 | 38 | |
| 1883 | — | #284 | 33 | |
| 1882 | — | #377 | 22 | |
| 1881 | — | #360 | 21 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Earle was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Earle is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#323 · 1 in 7,598
- New Jersey#516 · 1 in 10,527
- New York#777 · 1 in 21,108
Best ever in a state: #55 in Maine, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #323 | 6 | 1 in 7,598 |
| New Jersey | #516 | 5 | 1 in 10,527 |
| New York | #777 | 7 | 1 in 21,108 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Earle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 112 spots in 1886 (#364 → #252)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1969 (#968 → #1,198)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #231 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 83 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1962
- Highest: 1 in 2,080 boys born in 1893 were named Earle (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,145 boys born in 2014 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #231 in 1894, was only 1 in 2,105 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.4% of all boys named Earle (2,805) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 335 | #237 (1889) | #303 |
| 1890s | 479 | #231 (1894) | #252 |
| 1900s | 430 | #270 (1904) | #312 |
| 1910s | 2,210 | #282 (1915) | #305 |
| 1920s | 2,805 | #307 (1920) | #350 |
| 1930s | 1,627 | #395 (1930) | #449 |
| 1940s | 1,345 | #493 (1943) | #543 |
| 1950s | 1,027 | #614 (1951) | #723 |
| 1960s | 567 | #901 (1961) | #1,002 |
| 1970s | 328 | #1,101 (1971) | #1,621 |
| 1980s | 208 | #1,899 (1981) | #2,576 |
| 1990s | 92 | #3,338 (1992) | #6,131 |
| 2000s | 41 | #6,522 (2002) | #9,297 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,717 (2014) | #11,474 |
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.
Earle in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 30,491 of them was named Earle, which outranked 79.6% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).