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 1934
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#153 · 1 in 684
- Kansas#156 · 1 in 824
- Mississippi#190 · 1 in 890
- Maine#192 · 1 in 1,047
- Arkansas#205 · 1 in 988
Best ever in a state: #124 in Arkansas, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #153 | 33 | 1 in 684 |
| Kansas | #156 | 16 | 1 in 824 |
| Mississippi | #190 | 24 | 1 in 890 |
| Maine | #192 | 6 | 1 in 1,047 |
| Arkansas | #205 | 19 | 1 in 988 |
| Washington | #218 | 6 | 1 in 1,525 |
| North Carolina | #241 | 22 | 1 in 1,657 |
| Alabama | #244 | 18 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Florida | #252 | 8 | 1 in 1,459 |
| Georgia | #257 | 18 | 1 in 1,683 |
| Tennessee | #271 | 13 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Missouri | #280 | 12 | 1 in 2,252 |
| California | #288 | 16 | 1 in 2,138 |
| South Carolina | #311 | 8 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Virginia | #320 | 7 | 1 in 3,281 |
| Illinois | #323 | 14 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Texas | #329 | 30 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Louisiana | #355 | 8 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Kentucky | #366 | 8 | 1 in 3,411 |
| Ohio | #424 | 7 | 1 in 6,425 |
| Pennsylvania | #440 | 9 | 1 in 7,901 |
| New York | #604 | 6 | 1 in 13,794 |
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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
- 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 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 3,001 of them was named Earlene, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).