Earline

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,130
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1932 · 454 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,524
since 1889

Earline over time

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Rank among girls' names. Earline has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #296, 1932girls
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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
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Earline! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Earline is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMNIllinois: #562 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,863 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #528 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,184 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNEMissouri: #415 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,380 girlsMOKentucky: #285 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,225 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWVVirginia: #359 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,106 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedKSArkansas: #250 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,386 girlsARTennessee: #189 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,072 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #328 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,111 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #160 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 798 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #507 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,099 girlsOKLouisiana: #146 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 613 girlsLAMississippi: #146 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 630 girlsMSAlabama: #163 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 878 girlsALGeorgia: #291 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,492 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedHITexas: #242 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,163 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#146 · 1 in 613
  2. Mississippi#146 · 1 in 630
  3. South Carolina#160 · 1 in 798
  4. Alabama#163 · 1 in 878
  5. Tennessee#189 · 1 in 1,072

Best ever in a state: #78 in Louisiana, 1933.

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Louisiana#146371 in 613
Mississippi#146341 in 630
South Carolina#160311 in 798
Alabama#163351 in 878
Tennessee#189261 in 1,072
Texas#242491 in 1,163
Arkansas#250151 in 1,386
Kentucky#285131 in 2,225
Georgia#291151 in 2,492
North Carolina#328121 in 3,111
Virginia#35971 in 4,106
Missouri#41571 in 4,380
Oklahoma#50751 in 5,099
Pennsylvania#52881 in 12,184
Illinois#56261 in 9,863
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See more about Earline
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
  • Biggest jump: 666 spots in 1898 (#1,385 → #719)
  • Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1901 (#885 → #1,227)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1932 at #296 (454 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1902–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,351
  • Highest: 1 in 2,351 girls born in 1932 were named Earline (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 351,710 girls born in 1995 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.7% of all girls named Earline (4,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s62#719 (1898)#1,039
1900s290#521 (1907)#738
1910s1,694#366 (1919)#448
1920s4,086#307 (1927)#329
1930s3,899#296 (1932)#321
1940s3,218#340 (1941)#413
1950s1,914#499 (1951)#693
1960s906#954 (1960)#1,196
1970s283#1,681 (1970)#3,016
1980s132#4,005 (1981)#5,893
1990s35#7,430 (1991)#10,983

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.

Earline in 1920

girls
#358
332 births · 1 in 3,609 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #358Earline332
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 3,609 of them was named Earline, which outranked 93.8% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earline
  1. #355Leota340
  2. #356Althea336
  3. #356Lou336
  4. #358Earline332
  5. #359Wilda331
  6. #360Bernadette330
  7. #361Maudie329
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →