Earnell — boys' name
17 babies named Earnell in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Earnell was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Earnell in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Earnell
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Earnell between 1947 and 1957, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Earnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Earnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1947.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Earnell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Earnell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Earnell 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 17 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.
Earnell at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Earnell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1947
- Peak year (1947)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1957.
17 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 7 births in a single year.
Earnell popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1947 (Earnell as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Earnell accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Earnell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 10 births that decade — 59% of Earnell's all-time total
Earnell decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Earnell's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 1947–1957 (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.