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.

Earle

#1,070 most common boys' name of all time · #2,543 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2014

Rank among boys
#1,070
Rank overall
#2,543 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
11,790
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #293
Best rank
#233 1894
Girls Boys peak 358/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Earle 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
2014 — 6 6 #10,734
2010 — 5 5 #12,249
2008 — 7 7 #9,887
2005 — 5 5 #11,486
2004 — 7 7 #8,942
2003 — 7 7 #8,646
2002 — 10 10 #6,528
2000 — 5 5 #10,361
1998 — 10 10 #5,847
1997 — 5 5 #9,279
1996 — 6 6 #7,984
1995 — 7 7 #6,998
1994 — 5 5 #8,817
1993 — 10 10 #5,367
1992 — 19 19 #3,340
1991 — 14 14 #4,013
1990 — 16 16 #3,616
1989 — 21 21 #2,905
1988 — 17 17 #3,084
1987 — 14 14 #3,344
1986 — 24 24 #2,295
1985 — 15 15 #3,073
1984 — 24 24 #2,162
1983 — 24 24 #2,145
1982 — 18 18 #2,601
1981 — 29 29 #1,900
1980 — 22 22 #2,286
1979 — 29 29 #1,870
1978 — 27 27 #1,872
1977 — 23 23 #2,066
1976 — 29 29 #1,748
1975 — 31 31 #1,631
1974 — 31 31 #1,584
1973 — 34 34 #1,466
1972 — 32 32 #1,508
1971 — 55 55 #1,101
1970 — 37 37 #1,375
1969 — 43 43 #1,200
1968 — 57 57 #971
1967 — 52 52 #1,006
1966 — 58 58 #951
1965 — 50 50 #1,043
1964 — 53 53 #1,036
1963 — 53 53 #1,038
1962 — 61 61 #973
1961 — 72 72 #901
1960 — 68 68 #917
1959 — 92 92 #797
1958 — 94 94 #768
1957 — 84 84 #827
1956 — 91 91 #779
1955 — 111 111 #697
1954 — 101 101 #718
1953 — 108 108 #689
1952 — 100 100 #699
1951 — 132 132 #614
1950 — 114 114 #653
1949 — 119 119 #625
1948 — 148 148 #549
1947 5 143 148 #567
1946 — 132 132 #553
1945 — 109 109 #580
1944 — 138 138 #515
1943 7 158 165 #493
1942 7 141 148 #518
1941 5 130 135 #521
1940 — 127 127 #515
1939 — 121 121 #518
1938 10 117 127 #539
1937 — 145 145 #463
1936 — 150 150 #459
1935 — 166 166 #442
1934 7 170 177 #431
1933 — 169 169 #420
1932 7 199 206 #399
1931 7 178 185 #424
1930 6 212 218 #396
1929 10 260 270 #348
1928 — 260 260 #356
1927 10 254 264 #366
1926 — 237 237 #380
1925 11 280 291 #353
1924 10 290 300 #346
1923 8 277 285 #356
1922 13 267 280 #367
1921 12 331 343 #320
1920 7 349 356 #307
1919 13 283 296 #336
1918 8 350 358 #293
1917 10 328 338 #285
1916 14 276 290 #313
1915 11 307 318 #283
1914 13 194 207 #327
1913 6 194 200 #284
1912 7 141 148 #307
1911 5 83 88 #290
1910 — 54 54 #339
1909 — 51 51 #323
1908 — 46 46 #332
1907 7 50 57 #303
1906 — 43 43 #317
1905 — 33 33 #361
1904 6 50 56 #271
1903 9 33 42 #334
1902 6 44 50 #287
1901 — 34 34 #308
1900 — 46 46 #308
1899 — 43 43 #255
1898 6 49 55 #254
1897 — 37 37 #303
1896 5 53 58 #252
1895 6 53 59 #248
1894 — 55 55 #233
1893 — 54 54 #235
1892 — 51 51 #250
1891 — 41 41 #250
1890 5 43 48 #265
1889 6 47 53 #239
1888 — 41 41 #281
1887 — 39 39 #259
1886 — 46 46 #253
1885 — 23 23 #371
1884 — 38 38 #283
1883 — 33 33 #287
1882 — 22 22 #379
1881 — 21 21 #366
1880 — 25 25 #342