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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #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 1922

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedILWisconsin: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedPANew 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: #297 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,548 girlsMOKentucky: #340 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,004 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWVVirginia: #354 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,122 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: #283 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,723 girlsARTennessee: #207 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,282 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #323 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,219 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #134 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 636 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #336 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,277 girlsOKLouisiana: #146 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 623 girlsLAMississippi: #113 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 481 girlsMSAlabama: #149 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 712 girlsALGeorgia: #379 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,737 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedHITexas: #246 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,156 girlsTXFlorida: #265 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,664 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#113 · 1 in 481
  2. South Carolina#134 · 1 in 636
  3. Louisiana#146 · 1 in 623
  4. Alabama#149 · 1 in 712
  5. Tennessee#207 · 1 in 1,282

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

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Mississippi#113471 in 481
South Carolina#134391 in 636
Louisiana#146381 in 623
Alabama#149441 in 712
Tennessee#207221 in 1,282
Texas#246511 in 1,156
Florida#26571 in 1,664
Arkansas#283121 in 1,723
Missouri#297121 in 2,548
North Carolina#323121 in 3,219
Oklahoma#336111 in 2,277
Kentucky#340101 in 3,004
Virginia#35471 in 4,122
Georgia#379101 in 3,737
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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 1922

girls
#350
347 births · 1 in 3,461 girls

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #350Earline347
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 3,461 of them was named Earline, which outranked 94.0% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earline
  1. #347Corine350
  2. #347Dolly350
  3. #347Lou350
  4. #350Earline347
  5. #351Aline345
  6. #352Lupe342
  7. #353Amanda341
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

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

See the top 100 for 1922 →