Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Earl

#133 most common boys' name of all time · #270 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#133
Rank overall
#270 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
291,421
Since 2016
858
Peak year
1921 #31
Best rank
#20 1894
Girls Boys peak 6,797/yr
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Earl is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 63 63 #2,231
2024 68 68 #2,156
2023 63 63 #2,244
2022 78 78 #1,965
2021 99 99 #1,668
2020 68 68 #2,069
2019 97 97 #1,658
2018 98 98 #1,648
2017 114 114 #1,478
2016 110 110 #1,522
2015 129 129 #1,353
2014 105 105 #1,526
2013 98 98 #1,578
2012 123 123 #1,367
2011 115 115 #1,429
2010 115 115 #1,438
2009 140 140 #1,259
2008 170 170 #1,090
2007 170 170 #1,080
2006 188 188 #986
2005 183 183 #954
2004 178 178 #945
2003 199 199 #867
2002 202 202 #826
2001 231 231 #749
2000 245 245 #712
1999 271 271 #643
1998 309 309 #600
1997 278 278 #622
1996 319 319 #570
1995 321 321 #570
1994 381 381 #518
1993 447 447 #470
1992 474 474 #458
1991 539 539 #420
1990 569 569 #407
1989 603 603 #371
1988 5 635 640 #338
1987 12 622 634 #332
1986 7 651 658 #311
1985 690 690 #294
1984 9 781 790 #266
1983 8 768 776 #270
1982 8 883 891 #251
1981 9 863 872 #254
1980 11 901 912 #250
1979 16 893 909 #245
1978 10 926 936 #227
1977 10 1,002 1,012 #221
1976 14 941 955 #220
1975 14 1,024 1,038 #212
1974 7 1,078 1,085 #206
1973 15 1,157 1,172 #195
1972 17 1,251 1,268 #188
1971 11 1,502 1,513 #178
1970 15 1,630 1,645 #173
1969 17 1,620 1,637 #172
1968 13 1,652 1,665 #164
1967 8 1,653 1,661 #163
1966 20 1,752 1,772 #160
1965 13 1,949 1,962 #156
1964 16 2,196 2,212 #149
1963 22 2,159 2,181 #154
1962 13 2,304 2,317 #147
1961 17 2,519 2,536 #139
1960 16 2,565 2,581 #139
1959 18 2,687 2,705 #135
1958 18 2,800 2,818 #130
1957 16 3,139 3,155 #122
1956 16 3,304 3,320 #110
1955 18 3,246 3,264 #106
1954 22 3,424 3,446 #98
1953 20 3,437 3,457 #96
1952 18 3,456 3,474 #98
1951 16 3,571 3,587 #95
1950 17 3,589 3,606 #92
1949 16 3,652 3,668 #91
1948 21 3,977 3,998 #83
1947 20 4,242 4,262 #83
1946 16 3,830 3,846 #82
1945 25 3,567 3,592 #71
1944 26 3,874 3,900 #65
1943 28 4,186 4,214 #60
1942 33 4,050 4,083 #62
1941 30 3,806 3,836 #58
1940 23 3,944 3,967 #52
1939 26 3,896 3,922 #50
1938 27 4,007 4,034 #50
1937 24 3,942 3,966 #48
1936 30 4,106 4,136 #47
1935 46 4,224 4,270 #46
1934 45 4,628 4,673 #41
1933 33 4,374 4,407 #41
1932 42 4,822 4,864 #41
1931 55 5,047 5,102 #40
1930 73 5,567 5,640 #38
1929 66 5,737 5,803 #36
1928 71 5,966 6,037 #37
1927 55 6,406 6,461 #33
1926 57 6,441 6,498 #32
1925 65 6,436 6,501 #31
1924 56 6,529 6,585 #33
1923 34 6,339 6,373 #31
1922 52 6,461 6,513 #31
1921 43 6,754 6,797 #31
1920 52 6,533 6,585 #31
1919 41 5,975 6,016 #31
1918 43 6,321 6,364 #31
1917 46 5,632 5,678 #32
1916 30 5,553 5,583 #32
1915 27 4,908 4,935 #33
1914 33 3,842 3,875 #33
1913 23 3,110 3,133 #31
1912 21 2,518 2,539 #34
1911 12 1,305 1,317 #34
1910 8 1,109 1,117 #33
1909 20 1,007 1,027 #31
1908 14 999 1,013 #32
1907 16 1,006 1,022 #28
1906 10 912 922 #29
1905 16 904 920 #29
1904 14 854 868 #29
1903 9 837 846 #27
1902 11 877 888 #27
1901 14 818 832 #23
1900 12 1,037 1,049 #28
1899 6 821 827 #23
1898 7 883 890 #25
1897 11 829 840 #24
1896 13 892 905 #21
1895 10 851 861 #23
1894 9 896 905 #20
1893 12 819 831 #21
1892 14 888 902 #21
1891 10 674 684 #25
1890 744 744 #24
1889 688 688 #28
1888 675 675 #30
1887 537 537 #32
1886 8 570 578 #31
1885 481 481 #36
1884 464 464 #40
1883 389 389 #42
1882 377 377 #49
1881 5 314 319 #48
1880 335 335 #52