Earlene

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · Last seen for boys in 1931 at #3,763
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1938 · 388 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,165
since 1901

Earlene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Earlene has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #314, 1938girls
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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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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five girls were named Earlene! It came in at #1,679, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Earlene is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedMNIllinois: #417 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,720 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedWIMichigan: #374 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,672 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #313 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,282 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedIAIndiana: #383 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,021 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #476 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,116 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #457 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,656 girlsCAUtah: #202 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 956 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedNEMissouri: #312 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,794 girlsMOKentucky: #403 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,901 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedNMKansas: #278 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,022 girlsKSArkansas: #279 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,580 girlsARTennessee: #224 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,414 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #254 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,803 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #205 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,080 girlsOKLouisiana: #334 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,352 girlsLAMississippi: #262 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,578 girlsMSAlabama: #236 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,497 girlsALGeorgia: #252 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,685 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Earlene, so not publishedHITexas: #328 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,804 girlsTXFlorida: #228 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,209 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#202 · 1 in 956
  2. Oklahoma#205 · 1 in 1,080
  3. Tennessee#224 · 1 in 1,414
  4. Florida#228 · 1 in 1,209
  5. Alabama#236 · 1 in 1,497

Best ever in a state: #124 in Arkansas, 1936.

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Utah#20251 in 956
Oklahoma#205221 in 1,080
Tennessee#224191 in 1,414
Florida#228101 in 1,209
Alabama#236201 in 1,497
Georgia#252181 in 1,685
South Carolina#254111 in 1,803
Mississippi#262141 in 1,578
Kansas#27871 in 2,022
Arkansas#279121 in 1,580
Missouri#312101 in 2,794
Massachusetts#31361 in 5,282
Texas#328331 in 1,804
Louisiana#33491 in 2,352
Michigan#37491 in 4,672
Indiana#38351 in 5,021
Kentucky#40371 in 3,901
Illinois#417101 in 5,720
California#45781 in 4,656
Pennsylvania#47691 in 9,116
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Earlene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
  • Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1914 (#1,151 → #802)
  • Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1913 (#846 → #1,151)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1938 at #314 (388 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1914–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,844
  • Highest: 1 in 2,844 girls born in 1938 were named Earlene (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 26.0% of all girls named Earlene (3,689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s51#1,206 (1907)#1,426
1910s613#666 (1918)#838
1920s2,144#394 (1929)#486
1930s3,264#314 (1938)#355
1940s3,689#335 (1940)#380
1950s2,615#438 (1950)#575
1960s1,143#755 (1960)#1,037
1970s362#1,599 (1970)#2,476
1980s196#3,340 (1983)#4,286
1990s83#6,641 (1995)#9,967
2000s5#17,636 (2007)#17,636

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Earlene in 1930

girls
#400
282 births · 1 in 3,993 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #400Earlene282
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 3,993 of them was named Earlene, which outranked 92.4% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earlene
  1. #396Delia294
  2. #398Odessa289
  3. #398William289
  4. #400Earlene282
  5. #400Aline282
  6. #402Evangeline279
  7. #403Janis270
  8. #404Allie269

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930 →