Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Earl

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Earl
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

6,754

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

99%

2024

All-time

289,108

Earl once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 6,754 boys were named Earl.

In 2024, only 68 boys were given the name.

Down 99% from its peak.

All told, about 289,108 Americans have been named Earl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99% from peak

19216,754 boys named Earl

202468 boys named Earl

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