Earlie**
#2,187 most common boys' name of all time · #5,227 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1883–1991 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,187
Rank overall
#5,227 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
3,592
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #901
Best rank
#632 1907
Girls
Boys
peak 93/yr
Earlie first appears in 1883. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,309 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,004 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,912 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,613 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,540 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,326 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,587 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,592 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,191 |
| 1977 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,060 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,051 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,519 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,974 |
| 1972 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,181 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,837 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,099 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,347 |
| 1968 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,468 |
| 1967 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,637 |
| 1966 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,147 |
| 1965 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 1963 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,800 |
| 1962 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1961 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #1,959 |
| 1960 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,724 |
| 1959 | 10 | 22 | 32 | #1,722 |
| 1958 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #2,527 |
| 1957 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #1,553 |
| 1956 | 12 | 26 | 38 | #1,541 |
| 1955 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #1,492 |
| 1954 | 21 | 23 | 44 | #1,606 |
| 1953 | 11 | 20 | 31 | #1,728 |
| 1952 | 10 | 28 | 38 | #1,446 |
| 1951 | 19 | 27 | 46 | #1,440 |
| 1950 | 18 | 28 | 46 | #1,371 |
| 1949 | 19 | 35 | 54 | #1,218 |
| 1948 | 22 | 27 | 49 | #1,413 |
| 1947 | 39 | 42 | 81 | #1,127 |
| 1946 | 27 | 34 | 61 | #1,203 |
| 1945 | 15 | 33 | 48 | #1,152 |
| 1944 | 30 | 46 | 76 | #957 |
| 1943 | 24 | 37 | 61 | #1,124 |
| 1942 | 24 | 40 | 64 | #1,079 |
| 1941 | 21 | 42 | 63 | #996 |
| 1940 | 33 | 43 | 76 | #988 |
| 1939 | 26 | 33 | 59 | #1,131 |
| 1938 | 26 | 38 | 64 | #1,053 |
| 1937 | 27 | 40 | 67 | #1,008 |
| 1936 | 37 | 31 | 68 | #1,192 |
| 1935 | 25 | 37 | 62 | #1,071 |
| 1934 | 24 | 35 | 59 | #1,125 |
| 1933 | 25 | 38 | 63 | #1,066 |
| 1932 | 29 | 41 | 70 | #1,047 |
| 1931 | 29 | 42 | 71 | #1,040 |
| 1930 | 31 | 52 | 83 | #936 |
| 1929 | 26 | 30 | 56 | #1,300 |
| 1928 | 29 | 42 | 71 | #1,086 |
| 1927 | 37 | 55 | 92 | #930 |
| 1926 | 26 | 42 | 68 | #1,099 |
| 1925 | 31 | 35 | 66 | #1,213 |
| 1924 | 28 | 47 | 75 | #1,037 |
| 1923 | 31 | 58 | 89 | #901 |
| 1922 | 33 | 60 | 93 | #901 |
| 1921 | 27 | 52 | 79 | #976 |
| 1920 | 29 | 53 | 82 | #956 |
| 1919 | 26 | 52 | 78 | #932 |
| 1918 | 27 | 44 | 71 | #1,019 |
| 1917 | 23 | 48 | 71 | #928 |
| 1916 | 24 | 42 | 66 | #988 |
| 1915 | 21 | 54 | 75 | #838 |
| 1914 | 19 | 35 | 54 | #938 |
| 1913 | 12 | 28 | 40 | #938 |
| 1912 | 21 | 18 | 39 | #1,115 |
| 1911 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #782 |
| 1910 | 13 | 16 | 29 | #777 |
| 1909 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #790 |
| 1908 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #817 |
| 1907 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #632 |
| 1906 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #703 |
| 1905 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #972 |
| 1904 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #802 |
| 1903 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #1,082 |
| 1902 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #787 |
| 1901 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #724 |
| 1900 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #822 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #966 |
| 1897 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #917 |
| 1896 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #767 |
| 1895 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #728 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1890 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1888 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #805 |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | #826 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | 6 | — |