Earle
Earle was last recorded in 2014, when 6 babies were given it; 11,790 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2014 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,550 Americans named Earle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 57 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Earle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Earle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Earle is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Also “a male given name, variant of Earl.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Earle?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,101, in 2014; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
358 babies in 1918, the peak
Earle peaked in 1918, when 358 babies were given it (350 boys, #293 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #11,101 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,792 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 7 | #10,160 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,941 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #9,198 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,922 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,670 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,864 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,945 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,691 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | #8,238 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,218 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #9,227 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,459 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,368 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 14 | #4,061 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,647 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,922 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,104 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,383 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,310 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,112 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,186 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,158 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,623 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,909 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,298 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,879 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,084 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,756 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 31 | #1,639 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,596 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,472 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,102 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,380 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,207 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 57 | #977 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,007 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 58 | #953 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,045 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,040 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,041 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 61 | #973 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 72 | #904 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 68 | #917 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 92 | #798 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 94 | #767 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 84 | #825 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 91 | #779 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 111 | #695 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 101 | #717 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 108 | #688 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 100 | #698 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 132 | #613 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 114 | #652 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 119 | #623 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 148 | #548 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 143 | #566 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 132 | #553 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 109 | #580 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 138 | #516 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 158 | #493 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 141 | #518 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 130 | #521 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 127 | #513 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 121 | #518 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 117 | #539 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 145 | #465 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 150 | #461 | 0.14 |
| 1935 | 166 | #442 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 170 | #431 | 0.16 |
| 1933 | 169 | #420 | 0.17 |
| 1932 | 199 | #400 | 0.19 |
| 1931 | 178 | #424 | 0.17 |
| 1930 | 212 | #395 | 0.19 |
| 1929 | 260 | #348 | 0.24 |
| 1928 | 260 | #356 | 0.23 |
| 1927 | 254 | #366 | 0.23 |
| 1926 | 237 | #380 | 0.21 |
| 1925 | 280 | #352 | 0.25 |
| 1924 | 290 | #346 | 0.26 |
| 1923 | 277 | #355 | 0.25 |
| 1922 | 267 | #367 | 0.25 |
| 1921 | 331 | #320 | 0.30 |
| 1920 | 349 | #307 | 0.33 |
| 1919 | 283 | #336 | 0.29 |
| 1918 | 350 | #293 | 0.35 |
| 1917 | 328 | #286 | 0.35 |
| 1916 | 276 | #314 | 0.31 |
| 1915 | 307 | #282 | 0.36 |
| 1914 | 194 | #327 | 0.30 |
| 1913 | 194 | #284 | 0.38 |
| 1912 | 141 | #307 | 0.33 |
| 1911 | 83 | #290 | 0.37 |
| 1910 | 54 | #339 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 51 | #322 | 0.31 |
| 1908 | 46 | #331 | 0.30 |
| 1907 | 50 | #302 | 0.34 |
| 1906 | 43 | #317 | 0.32 |
| 1905 | 33 | #362 | 0.25 |
| 1904 | 50 | #270 | 0.39 |
| 1903 | 33 | #332 | 0.28 |
| 1902 | 44 | #285 | 0.36 |
| 1901 | 34 | #306 | 0.32 |
| 1900 | 46 | #309 | 0.31 |
| 1899 | 43 | #254 | 0.40 |
| 1898 | 49 | #253 | 0.40 |
| 1897 | 37 | #301 | 0.33 |
| 1896 | 53 | #251 | 0.44 |
| 1895 | 53 | #247 | 0.45 |
| 1894 | 55 | #232 | 0.48 |
| 1893 | 54 | #235 | 0.48 |
| 1892 | 51 | #249 | 0.42 |
| 1891 | 41 | #248 | 0.41 |
| 1890 | 43 | #261 | 0.39 |
| 1889 | 47 | #238 | 0.43 |
| 1888 | 41 | #282 | 0.34 |
| 1887 | 39 | #257 | 0.38 |
| 1886 | 46 | #252 | 0.42 |
| 1885 | 23 | #366 | 0.21 |
| 1884 | 38 | #279 | 0.33 |
| 1883 | 33 | #285 | 0.32 |
| 1882 | 22 | #377 | 0.19 |
| 1881 | 21 | #365 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 25 | #342 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Earle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,790 Americans recorded as Earle, 2% are girls and 98% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Earle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Earle, and how old are they?
2,550 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 22% of the 11,790 Americans ever recorded as Earle. The median Earle alive today is 69 years old; half are between 57 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 3,481 people named Earle (70 women and girls, 3,411 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,271 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 504 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,190 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 533 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 249 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 60 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Earle born?
The states with the most babies named Earle are Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York, with 39% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 985 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 841 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 669 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 460 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Maine | 415 | not ranked | 5.6× |
| Illinois | 408 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 280 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 241 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| South Carolina | 236 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Maryland | 221 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Earle is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Earle is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 5.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Earle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 21,180 babies since 1880, Earle is the most given (56% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Earle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Earle and names like it
- Compare Earle and EarlyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEarle peaked in 1918.
- Massachusetts’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Earle since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Earle: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Earle.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Earle alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.