# Earle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/earle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,790 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,505 / 285 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 13 | 2,652 |
| 1923 | 8 | 3,727 |
| 1924 | 10 | 3,200 |
| 1925 | 11 | 2,989 |
| 1927 | 10 | 3,116 |
| 1929 | 10 | 2,982 |
| 1930 | 6 | 4,170 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,582 |
| 1932 | 7 | 3,667 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,559 |
| 1938 | 10 | 2,781 |
| 1941 | 5 | 4,590 |
| 1942 | 7 | 3,846 |
| 1943 | 7 | 3,907 |
| 1947 | 5 | 5,533 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 19 | 3,374 |
| 1993 | 10 | 5,465 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,233 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,225 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,245 |
| 1997 | 5 | 9,697 |
| 1998 | 10 | 5,952 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,872 |
| 2002 | 10 | 6,677 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8,929 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,949 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,167 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,799 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,107 |

## People named Earle

- Earle Page, Australian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (1880-1961)
- Jackie Earle Haley, American actor
- Earle Meadows, American athlete (1913-1992)
- Earle Williams, American actor (1880-1927)
- Earle Brown, American composer (1926–2002)
- Earle Nelson, American serial killer (1897–1928)
- Earle Clements, American farmer and politician (1896-1985)
- Earle Foxe, American actor (1891–1973)
- James Earle Fraser, American artist (1876–1953)
- Earle Hyman, American actor (1926-2017)
- Earle S. MacPherson, American automotive engineer (1891–1960)
- Earle Dickson, American engineer (1892–1961)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.