Girls' name · since 1933
Earleane
20 babies named Earleane in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1933. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1933
- 1930s
- peak decade
20 girls have been named Earleane since 1933, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Earleane has 20 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1939.
- #45,928 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1933
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Earleane ranks #45,928 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1933, peaking in the 1930s.
- #45,928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1933
- 1930s
- peak decade
Earleane's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Earleane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Earleane's full recorded timeline at 1938, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1933 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Earleane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1939
- Peak year (1933)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1939.
20 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1933 with 7 births in a single year.
Earleane by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
1930s was Earleane's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Earleane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
Earleane decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Earleane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1933)
Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1933–1939 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Earleane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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