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.

Earla

#8,579 most common girls' name of all time · #14,322 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1912–1969

Rank among girls
#8,579
Rank overall
#14,322 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
742
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1949 #1,829
Best rank
#1,433 1933
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
192019401960

Earla first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1969 10 — 10 #4,793
1968 10 — 10 #4,562
1967 5 — 5 #6,983
1966 8 — 8 #4,967
1964 9 — 9 #4,743
1963 7 — 7 #5,457
1962 7 — 7 #5,444
1961 12 — 12 #3,866
1960 12 — 12 #3,760
1959 7 — 7 #5,182
1958 7 — 7 #5,028
1957 8 — 8 #4,642
1956 15 — 15 #3,096
1955 16 — 16 #2,902
1954 15 — 15 #2,947
1953 16 — 16 #2,761
1952 15 — 15 #2,849
1951 13 — 13 #3,017
1950 23 — 23 #2,029
1949 28 — 28 #1,829
1948 12 — 12 #3,056
1947 20 — 20 #2,245
1946 22 — 22 #2,002
1945 17 — 17 #2,113
1944 18 — 18 #2,066
1943 21 — 21 #1,931
1942 18 — 18 #2,091
1941 11 — 11 #2,770
1940 15 — 15 #2,178
1939 16 — 16 #2,100
1938 16 — 16 #2,083
1937 12 — 12 #2,523
1936 16 — 16 #2,009
1935 13 — 13 #2,393
1934 18 — 18 #1,889
1933 27 — 27 #1,433
1932 14 — 14 #2,335
1931 12 — 12 #2,537
1929 13 — 13 #2,548
1928 8 — 8 #3,616
1927 19 — 19 #2,084
1926 24 — 24 #1,767
1925 16 — 16 #2,362
1924 17 — 17 #2,287
1923 13 — 13 #2,693
1922 9 — 9 #3,538
1921 16 — 16 #2,358
1920 11 — 11 #3,042
1918 13 — 13 #2,643
1917 9 — 9 #3,271
1916 11 — 11 #2,799
1915 8 — 8 #3,335
1914 8 — 8 #2,829
1912 6 — 6 #2,926