Girls' name · since 1902
Earsie
Earsie has 163 recorded births since 1902 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 163
- total births
- 1902–1946
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
Earsie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 163 have been recorded since 1902.
Social Security Administration records show Earsie recorded 163 times among girls since 1902, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 1946.
- 163 total births
- 1902–1946 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
163 girls have been named Earsie since 1902, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1946.
- 163
- total births
- 1902–1946
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Earsie was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Earsie in 1926 - its busiest year on record.
Earsie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Earsie's full recorded timeline at 1925, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1902, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Earsie at a glance
Last recorded 1946Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Earsie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–1946
- Peak year (1926)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1946.
163 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 12 births in a single year.
Earsie popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1921 (Earsie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Earsie accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Earsie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Earsie's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Earsie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
42 births
- 1920s
1920s
61 births
- 1930s
1930s
36 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 61 births (37% of all-time use).
Earsie decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Earsie by state
Where Earsie concentrates geographically, total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 163 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Earsie's data
- Earsie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Arkansas records the most Earsies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Arkansas names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1902–1946 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Earsie: Baby Name Since 1902 - 163 Births, Peak 1926." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/earsie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Earsie 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 June 2026.
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