Earley vs Earnest

Side-by-side comparison of Earley and Earnest - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Earley

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Name B

Earnest

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Metric Earley Earnest
Current Rank Unranked #5443
Total Births (all years) 581 58,389
Peak Year 1921 1926
Peak Year Births 21 1,149
Peak Decade 1920s 1920s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1885 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Earley Earnest
1880s 14 1,043
1890s 38 1,390
1900s 18 1,907
1910s 85 6,856
1920s 139 10,869
1930s 98 8,722
1940s 85 8,706
1950s 73 7,310
1960s 25 4,515
1970s 6 2,961
1980s - 1,995
1990s - 1,053
2000s - 559
2010s - 364
2020s - 139

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Earley Earnest
2014 - 37
2015 - 33
2016 - 24
2017 - 32
2018 - 40
2019 - 27
2020 - 28
2021 - 21
2022 - 24
2023 - 24
2024 - 17
2025 - 25

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1885–1971.

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