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Earlie

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Earlie has been given to 3,592 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 60 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.

Babies named Earlie, 1991

1 in 649,000

Earlie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Earlie over time

In 1991, Earlie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18831991

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Earlie: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Earlie means

Earlie is a given name.

The naming story behind Earlie

Wikidata records Earlie as a given name. The entity identifier is Q130309644, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,263 boys were recorded with the name Earlie between 1885 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 60 in 1922; its best national rank was #621 in 1907.

In the United States, 1,329 girls were recorded with the name Earlie between 1883 and 1963. Its highest annual count was 39 in 1947; its best national rank was #848 in 1883.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Earlie?

Earlie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991
1 in 649,000
6 of 3,892,928 births
Among boys only
1 in 337,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1991
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
449,730 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Earlie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 449,730 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Earlie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Earlies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Earlie was born before 1933 — so the typical Earlie is around 92 today.

Median birth year
1933
About 92 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
20.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.2%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
508
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1920s — 20.9% of all recorded uses (474).

Is Earlie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1922 (60)
Years since peak
103
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#621
1907

Spellings of Earlie

Earlie is not the most common spelling — Earl is, with 49.5% against Earlie's 0.39%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Earlie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Earlie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 42,638 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

012 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 8,333
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 14,286
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 20,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 50,000
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 100,000
  7. 7Louisiana1 in —
  8. 8South Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Earlie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Earlie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Earlie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 96,256 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 25,000
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 25,000
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 50,000
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7North Carolina1 in —
  8. 8South Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Earlie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Earlie in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Earlie. Linked forms have their own page here.

ArlieEarleEarleyEarline

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Earlie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#621
1907
Peak year
1922
60 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
2,263
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#848
1883
Peak year
1947
39 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
1963
All-time count
1,329
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Earlie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

EarlyRollieEarvinEarnieEarleyRylieHollieWylieWeslieHallieElieCarlieArlieCollieLillieZollieHarlieAllieEarleJulieCallieNellieTollieBillie

Names with a curve like Earlie

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Earlie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BurleyFoyAutherFurmanGlenwoodManleyNorwoodArvilLeamonAuthorFinisOcie

Sibling names for Earlie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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