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.

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
19001920194019601980

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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