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
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 388 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,165since 1901
Earlene over time
Rank among girls' names. Earlene has never cracked the top 300 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,686 | 54 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,599 | 59 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,435 | 62 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,255 | 73 | — | |
| 1966 | #991 | 106 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,013 | 106 | — | |
| 1964 | #997 | 115 | — | |
| 1963 | #912 | 133 | — | |
| 1962 | #879 | 143 | — | |
| 1961 | #918 | 138 | — | |
| 1960 | #755 | 183 | — | |
| 1959 | #762 | 178 | — | |
| 1958 | #719 | 188 | — | |
| 1957 | #662 | 220 | — | |
| 1956 | #625 | 236 | — | |
| 1955 | #555 | 265 | — | |
| 1954 | #537 | 273 | — | |
| 1953 | #491 | 313 | — | |
| 1952 | #517 | 265 | — | |
| 1951 | #447 | 341 | — | |
| 1950 | #438 | 336 | — | |
| 1949 | #424 | 344 | — | |
| 1948 | #401 | 396 | — | |
| 1947 | #401 | 407 | — | |
| 1946 | #413 | 349 | — | |
| 1945 | #381 | 342 | — | |
| 1944 | #374 | 356 | — | |
| 1943 | #359 | 399 | — | |
| 1942 | #358 | 383 | — | |
| 1941 | #351 | 352 | — | |
| 1940 | #335 | 361 | — | |
| 1939 | #349 | 336 | — | |
| 1938 | #314 | 388 | — | |
| 1937 | #353 | 333 | — | |
| 1936 | #341 | 335 | — | |
| 1935 | #351 | 334 | — | |
| 1934 | #338 | 348 | — | |
| 1933 | #345 | 327 | — | |
| 1932 | #388 | 283 | — | |
| 1931 | #372 | 298 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #400 | 282 | — | |
| 1929 | #394 | 294 | — | |
| 1928 | #397 | 285 | — | |
| 1927 | #425 | 263 | — | |
| 1926 | #451 | 225 | — | |
| 1925 | #464 | 220 | — | |
| 1924 | #478 | 212 | — | |
| 1923 | #524 | 181 | — | |
| 1922 | #539 | 172 | — | |
| 1921 | #576 | 156 | — | |
| 1920 | #609 | 136 | — | |
| 1919 | #689 | 103 | — | |
| 1918 | #666 | 114 | — | |
| 1917 | #729 | 92 | — | |
| 1916 | #750 | 82 | — | |
| 1915 | #780 | 71 | — | |
| 1914 | #802 | 52 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,151 | 23 | — | |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 | — | |
| 1911 | #853 | 25 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
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| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#157 · 1 in 708
- Alabama#200 · 1 in 1,055
- Mississippi#211 · 1 in 1,057
- Arkansas#213 · 1 in 1,034
- Missouri#232 · 1 in 1,587
Best ever in a state: #124 in Arkansas, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #157 | 31 | 1 in 708 |
| Alabama | #200 | 27 | 1 in 1,055 |
| Mississippi | #211 | 19 | 1 in 1,057 |
| Arkansas | #213 | 17 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Missouri | #232 | 17 | 1 in 1,587 |
| Louisiana | #264 | 14 | 1 in 1,444 |
| Tennessee | #281 | 12 | 1 in 2,189 |
| Georgia | #295 | 13 | 1 in 2,275 |
| Kentucky | #316 | 10 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Texas | #325 | 30 | 1 in 1,873 |
| California | #329 | 13 | 1 in 2,700 |
| Virginia | #336 | 7 | 1 in 3,227 |
| North Carolina | #338 | 11 | 1 in 3,069 |
| South Carolina | #360 | 5 | 1 in 3,692 |
| Ohio | #384 | 9 | 1 in 5,242 |
| Pennsylvania | #410 | 11 | 1 in 7,030 |
| Michigan | #426 | 6 | 1 in 6,420 |
| Illinois | #461 | 8 | 1 in 6,592 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1938 at #314 (388 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1914–1964
- 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%)
- 26.0% of all girls named Earlene (3,689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 51 | #1,206 (1907) | #1,426 |
| 1910s | 613 | #666 (1918) | #838 |
| 1920s | 2,144 | #394 (1929) | #486 |
| 1930s | 3,264 | #314 (1938) | #355 |
| 1940s | 3,689 | #335 (1940) | #380 |
| 1950s | 2,615 | #438 (1950) | #575 |
| 1960s | 1,143 | #755 (1960) | #1,037 |
| 1970s | 362 | #1,599 (1970) | #2,476 |
| 1980s | 196 | #3,340 (1983) | #4,286 |
| 1990s | 83 | #6,641 (1995) | #9,967 |
| 2000s | 5 | #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 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 3,573 of them was named Earlene, which outranked 92.5% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 207,933 of them was named Earlene, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 558 names at #3,763; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.