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

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #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 1946

  • 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: #367 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,342 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWIMichigan: #472 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,762 girlsMINew York: #569 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 10,195 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #770 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,411 girlsCAUtah: 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: #412 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,240 girlsMOKentucky: #361 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,054 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedWVVirginia: #462 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,462 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: #341 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,318 girlsKSArkansas: #227 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,318 girlsARTennessee: #304 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,577 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #396 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,664 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #224 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,120 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #123 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 541 girlsLAMississippi: #189 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 915 girlsMSAlabama: #232 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,363 girlsALGeorgia: #331 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,822 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Earline, so not publishedHITexas: #469 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,153 girlsTXFlorida: #353 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,046 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#123 · 1 in 541
  2. Mississippi#189 · 1 in 915
  3. South Carolina#224 · 1 in 1,120
  4. Arkansas#227 · 1 in 1,318
  5. Alabama#232 · 1 in 1,363

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

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Louisiana#123561 in 541
Mississippi#189291 in 915
South Carolina#224231 in 1,120
Arkansas#227161 in 1,318
Alabama#232261 in 1,363
Tennessee#304141 in 2,577
Georgia#331141 in 2,822
Kansas#34151 in 3,318
Florida#35381 in 3,046
Kentucky#36181 in 4,054
Illinois#367181 in 4,342
North Carolina#396101 in 4,664
Missouri#41271 in 5,240
Virginia#46251 in 6,462
Texas#469201 in 4,153
Michigan#47281 in 7,762
New York#569131 in 10,195
California#77081 in 12,411
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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 1946

girls
#434
318 births · 1 in 4,941 girls

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #434Earline318
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 4,941 of them was named Earline, which outranked 92.4% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earline
  1. #431Leah324
  2. #431Maryanne324
  3. #433Bernadine320
  4. #434Earline318
  5. #435Cherry317
  6. #436Carlene315
  7. #436Rosanne315
Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,830Jacalyn#2,742 → #912
  2. ↑ 914Kimberly#1,621 → #707
  3. ↑ 615Suzette#1,032 → #417
  4. ↑ 538Randi#1,356 → #818
  5. ↑ 528Dayle#1,356 → #828
Fallers
  1. ↓ 335Oma#941 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 324Iola#824 → #1,148
  3. ↓ 324Artie#994 → #1,318
  4. ↓ 303Eartha#954 → #1,257
  5. ↓ 301Willia#830 → #1,131

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

See the top 100 for 1946 →