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.

Earley

#6,683 most common boys' name of all time · #16,737 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1885–1971

Rank among boys
#6,683
Rank overall
#16,737 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
581
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #1,731
Best rank
#589 1896
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
1900192019401960

Earley first appears in 1885. 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
1971 — 6 6 #4,425
1965 — 5 5 #3,987
1963 — 9 9 #2,894
1962 — 6 6 #3,682
1960 — 5 5 #4,099
1959 — 9 9 #2,862
1958 — 8 8 #3,073
1957 — 5 5 #4,064
1956 — 10 10 #2,657
1955 — 6 6 #3,562
1954 — 6 6 #3,499
1953 — 8 8 #2,943
1952 — 7 7 #3,136
1951 — 7 7 #3,115
1950 — 7 7 #3,067
1949 — 7 7 #3,062
1948 — 6 6 #3,361
1947 — 8 8 #2,908
1946 — 10 10 #2,438
1945 — 8 8 #2,616
1944 — 10 10 #2,346
1943 — 6 6 #3,285
1942 — 9 9 #2,570
1941 — 9 9 #2,531
1940 — 12 12 #2,113
1939 — 7 7 #2,891
1938 — 9 9 #2,525
1937 — 7 7 #2,966
1936 — 9 9 #2,497
1935 — 8 8 #2,774
1934 — 10 10 #2,429
1933 — 11 11 #2,253
1932 — 15 15 #1,948
1931 — 11 11 #2,365
1930 — 11 11 #2,486
1929 — 8 8 #3,035
1928 — 9 9 #2,891
1927 — 17 17 #1,984
1926 — 17 17 #1,935
1925 — 14 14 #2,229
1924 — 12 12 #2,510
1923 — 17 17 #1,968
1922 — 12 12 #2,508
1921 — 21 21 #1,731
1920 — 12 12 #2,488
1919 — 19 19 #1,771
1918 — 7 7 #3,413
1917 — 9 9 #2,762
1916 — 17 17 #1,800
1915 — 16 16 #1,813
1914 — 5 5 #3,313
1913 — 5 5 #2,887
1912 — 7 7 #2,104
1909 — 5 5 #1,550
1908 — 7 7 #1,174
1905 — 6 6 #1,188
1898 — 8 8 #874
1896 — 14 14 #589
1895 — 5 5 #1,191
1892 — 5 5 #1,196
1890 — 6 6 #976
1889 — 6 6 #953
1885 — 8 8 #763