Earle — boys' name

What the Data Says About Earle

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,505 babies named Earle between 1880 and 2014, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Earle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 350 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Earle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,805 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Earle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 985 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Earle in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Earle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11,505 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.