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
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Earleane's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

Last recorded 1939
Peak year (1933)
7
Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
5.566.577.5 193319381939 7

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1930s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Earleane?
Since 1933, Social Security records show 20 babies named Earleane. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #45,928 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 1939. Its busiest year on record was 1933, with 7 births.
Where does Earleane sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Earleane ranks #45,928 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Earleane most popular?
Earleane was most popular in the 1930s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 1933.
How long has the name Earleane been used?
Records for Earleane go back to 1933, giving 7 years of history through 1939.
What names are similar to Earleane?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Earline, Earnestine, Earlene, Eartha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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.

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.