Earlis — boys' name
55 babies named Earlis in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Earlis was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Earlis in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Earlis
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Earlis between 1921 and 1955, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Earlis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Earlis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Earlis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Earlis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Earlis 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 55 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.
Earlis at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Earlis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1921
- Peak year (1921)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
55 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 6 births in a single year.
Earlis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 21 births that decade — 38% of Earlis's all-time total
Earlis decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Earlis's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Earlis by state
Where Earlis concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 9.1% |
5 of 55 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 9.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.