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Earl

Pronounced /ɝl/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1930 · #836
Origin
English
Also recorded for boys:68 in 2024 (#2,160)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Earl in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1930 with 73 babies, ranked #836.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 2,247 girls have been named Earl since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Earl per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 822 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 703 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 336 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 211 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 58 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From earl (“nobleman”).

  • (chiefly US) A male given name from English from the English noun earl.
  • A female given name.
Origin
English
Say it
/ɝl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Earl, CC BY-SA 4.0.