Is Earl a boy or girl name?
Earl is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 68 boys were named Earl, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.8% of the 291,355 US babies named Earl were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #2,152
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Earl since 1880
- 291,355
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 6,797 babies
Boys and girls named Earl, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,830 | 13 | 0.3% |
| 1890s | 8,297 | 92 | 1.1% |
| 1900s | 9,251 | 136 | 1.4% |
| 1910s | 40,273 | 284 | 0.7% |
| 1920s | 63,602 | 551 | 0.9% |
| 1930s | 44,613 | 401 | 0.9% |
| 1940s | 39,127 | 238 | 0.6% |
| 1950s | 32,652 | 179 | 0.5% |
| 1960s | 20,369 | 155 | 0.8% |
| 1970s | 11,404 | 129 | 1.1% |
| 1980s | 7,398 | 69 | 0.9% |
| 1990s | 3,908 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 1,906 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 1,102 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 376 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68 | #2,152 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,250 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 78 | #1,971 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,665 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,074 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,664 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 97 | #1,659 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,490 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 110 | #1,525 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 129 | #1,355 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,526 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 98 | #1,580 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 123 | #1,371 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,430 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,443 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 140 | #1,258 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,093 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 170 | #1,081 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 188 | #987 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 183 | #953 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 178 | #945 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 199 | #868 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 202 | #826 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 231 | #749 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 245 | #712 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 271 | #643 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 309 | #600 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 278 | #622 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 319 | #571 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 321 | #570 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 381 | #518 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 447 | #471 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 474 | #459 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 539 | #420 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 569 | #407 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 603 | #372 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 635 | #338 | 5 | #12,354 |
| 1987 | 622 | #332 | 12 | #6,035 |
| 1986 | 651 | #311 | 7 | #8,798 |
| 1985 | 691 | #294 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 781 | #266 | 9 | #6,963 |
| 1983 | 768 | #270 | 8 | #7,493 |
| 1982 | 883 | #251 | 8 | #7,672 |
| 1981 | 863 | #254 | 9 | #6,945 |
| 1980 | 901 | #250 | 11 | #6,026 |
| 1979 | 893 | #245 | 16 | #4,473 |
| 1978 | 926 | #227 | 10 | #6,067 |
| 1977 | 1,002 | #221 | 10 | #5,995 |
| 1976 | 941 | #220 | 14 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 1,023 | #212 | 14 | #4,414 |
| 1974 | 1,079 | #206 | 7 | #7,105 |
| 1973 | 1,158 | #195 | 15 | #4,034 |
| 1972 | 1,250 | #188 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1971 | 1,502 | #178 | 11 | #4,893 |
| 1970 | 1,630 | #173 | 15 | #3,917 |
| 1969 | 1,620 | #172 | 17 | #3,359 |
| 1968 | 1,652 | #164 | 13 | #3,847 |
| 1967 | 1,653 | #163 | 8 | #5,112 |
| 1966 | 1,752 | #160 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1965 | 1,949 | #156 | 13 | #3,602 |
| 1964 | 2,196 | #149 | 16 | #3,280 |
| 1963 | 2,161 | #154 | 22 | #2,641 |
| 1962 | 2,302 | #147 | 13 | #3,646 |
| 1961 | 2,520 | #139 | 17 | #3,094 |
| 1960 | 2,564 | #139 | 16 | #3,124 |
| 1959 | 2,685 | #135 | 18 | #2,789 |
| 1958 | 2,801 | #130 | 18 | #2,786 |
| 1957 | 3,139 | #122 | 16 | #2,965 |
| 1956 | 3,303 | #110 | 16 | #2,956 |
| 1955 | 3,246 | #106 | 18 | #2,653 |
| 1954 | 3,425 | #98 | 22 | #2,320 |
| 1953 | 3,437 | #96 | 20 | #2,381 |
| 1952 | 3,456 | #98 | 18 | #2,518 |
| 1951 | 3,571 | #95 | 16 | #2,618 |
| 1950 | 3,589 | #92 | 17 | #2,461 |
| 1949 | 3,653 | #91 | 16 | #2,545 |
| 1948 | 3,976 | #83 | 21 | #2,145 |
| 1947 | 4,242 | #83 | 20 | #2,215 |
| 1946 | 3,831 | #82 | 16 | #2,414 |
| 1945 | 3,566 | #71 | 25 | #1,670 |
| 1944 | 3,874 | #65 | 26 | #1,621 |
| 1943 | 4,186 | #60 | 28 | #1,603 |
| 1942 | 4,049 | #62 | 33 | #1,422 |
| 1941 | 3,805 | #58 | 30 | #1,426 |
| 1940 | 3,945 | #52 | 23 | #1,647 |
| 1939 | 3,896 | #50 | 26 | #1,483 |
| 1938 | 4,007 | #50 | 27 | #1,450 |
| 1937 | 3,942 | #48 | 24 | #1,547 |
| 1936 | 4,106 | #47 | 30 | #1,328 |
| 1935 | 4,224 | #46 | 46 | #1,021 |
| 1934 | 4,627 | #41 | 45 | #1,038 |
| 1933 | 4,375 | #41 | 33 | #1,250 |
| 1932 | 4,822 | #41 | 42 | #1,099 |
| 1931 | 5,047 | #40 | 55 | #932 |
| 1930 | 5,567 | #38 | 73 | #834 |
| 1929 | 5,737 | #36 | 66 | #881 |
| 1928 | 5,966 | #37 | 71 | #867 |
| 1927 | 6,406 | #33 | 55 | #1,037 |
| 1926 | 6,441 | #32 | 57 | #991 |
| 1925 | 6,436 | #31 | 65 | #924 |
| 1924 | 6,529 | #33 | 56 | #1,035 |
| 1923 | 6,339 | #31 | 34 | #1,360 |
| 1922 | 6,461 | #31 | 52 | #1,047 |
| 1921 | 6,754 | #31 | 43 | #1,172 |
| 1920 | 6,533 | #31 | 52 | #1,032 |
| 1919 | 5,975 | #31 | 41 | #1,162 |
| 1918 | 6,321 | #31 | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1917 | 5,632 | #32 | 46 | #1,044 |
| 1916 | 5,553 | #32 | 30 | #1,341 |
| 1915 | 4,908 | #33 | 27 | #1,375 |
| 1914 | 3,842 | #33 | 33 | #1,043 |
| 1913 | 3,110 | #31 | 23 | #1,157 |
| 1912 | 2,518 | #34 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 1911 | 1,305 | #34 | 12 | #1,392 |
| 1910 | 1,109 | #33 | 8 | #1,818 |
| 1909 | 1,007 | #31 | 20 | #914 |
| 1908 | 999 | #32 | 14 | #1,105 |
| 1907 | 1,006 | #28 | 16 | #956 |
| 1906 | 912 | #29 | 10 | #1,243 |
| 1905 | 904 | #29 | 16 | #936 |
| 1904 | 854 | #29 | 14 | #970 |
| 1903 | 837 | #27 | 9 | #1,234 |
| 1902 | 877 | #27 | 11 | #1,087 |
| 1901 | 818 | #23 | 14 | #887 |
| 1900 | 1,037 | #28 | 12 | #1,127 |
| 1899 | 821 | #23 | 6 | #1,454 |
| 1898 | 883 | #25 | 7 | #1,406 |
| 1897 | 829 | #24 | 11 | #995 |
| 1896 | 892 | #21 | 13 | #913 |
| 1895 | 851 | #23 | 10 | #1,074 |
| 1894 | 896 | #20 | 9 | #1,082 |
| 1893 | 819 | #21 | 12 | #872 |
| 1892 | 888 | #21 | 14 | #805 |
| 1891 | 674 | #25 | 10 | #906 |
| 1890 | 744 | #24 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 688 | #28 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 675 | #30 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 537 | #32 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 570 | #31 | 8 | #852 |
| 1885 | 481 | #36 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 464 | #40 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 389 | #42 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 377 | #49 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 314 | #48 | 5 | #857 |
| 1880 | 335 | #52 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Earl reached #20 in 1894. As a girl name, it reached #805 in 1892. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Earl
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.