Earlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Earlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,165 babies named Earlene between 1901 and 2007, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Earlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 407 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Earlene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 3,689 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Earlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,059 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Earlene in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Earlene 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 14,165 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.