Earnie
Earnie was last recorded in 1997, when 6 babies were given it; 1,506 Americans have been recorded with it between 1902 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Earnie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Earnie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Earnie is “a diminutive of the male given name Earnest.”
From Earnest + -ie.
/ˈɝni/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Earnie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,448, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
41 babies in 1947, the peak
Earnie peaked in 1947, when 41 babies were given it (30 boys, #1,341 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | under 5 | 6 | #8,448 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 7 | #6,402 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 5 | #6,831 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 5 | #6,600 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 5 | #6,559 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 6 | #5,726 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 9 | #4,169 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 5 | #6,082 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 11 | #3,446 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 5 | #5,854 |
Every recorded year (80)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | under 5 | 13 | #2,944 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 6 | #4,797 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 9 | #3,521 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 12 | #2,868 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 14 | #2,595 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 11 | #2,946 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 16 | #2,161 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 12 | #2,484 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 14 | #2,172 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 18 | #1,833 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 10 | #2,663 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 15 | #2,137 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 13 | #2,343 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 16 | #2,060 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 21 | #1,786 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 19 | #1,872 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 19 | #1,878 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 21 | #1,739 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 20 | #1,804 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 26 | #1,545 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 19 | #1,806 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 15 | #2,063 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 16 | #1,984 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 26 | #1,494 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 26 | #1,468 | |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,048 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,824 | 23 | #1,551 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,305 | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,306 | 30 | #1,341 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,142 | 31 | #1,266 |
| 1945 | under 5 | 16 | #1,717 | |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,989 | 25 | #1,341 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,584 | 19 | #1,654 |
| 1942 | under 5 | 13 | #2,068 | |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,663 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,596 | 19 | #1,587 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,772 | 10 | #2,323 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,781 | 14 | #1,920 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,416 | 10 | #2,363 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,463 | 12 | #2,090 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,465 | 14 | #1,958 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,235 | 9 | #2,613 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,307 | 10 | #2,415 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,355 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,827 | 10 | #2,522 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,757 | 17 | #1,845 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,763 | 18 | #1,812 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,514 | 16 | #1,984 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,908 | 22 | #1,659 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,748 | 26 | #1,438 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,989 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,749 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,291 | 16 | #2,044 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,210 | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,132 | 12 | #2,528 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,165 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,003 | 14 | #2,178 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,311 | 13 | #2,291 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,433 | 15 | #2,010 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,092 | 17 | #1,787 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,207 | 18 | #1,675 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,970 | 8 | #2,497 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 10 | #1,839 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 9 | #1,777 | |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,270 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,511 | 5 | #1,659 |
| 1909 | under 5 | 7 | #1,186 | |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,683 | 6 | #1,233 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,864 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 5 | #1,184 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Earnie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,506 Americans recorded as Earnie, 22% are girls and 78% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Earnie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Earnie, and how old are they?
An estimated 562 Americans named Earnie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 58 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 664 people named Earnie (87 women and girls, 577 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 690 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 18,740 babies since 1880, Earnie is the second most given (8.0% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Earnie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Earnie and names like it
- Compare Earnie and ErnieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sEarnie peaked in 1947.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Earnie since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Earnie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Earnie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.