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The first name Earlene

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

A female given name from English derived from Earl.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Earlene at birth, 1880–2025

In 2007, 5 girls born in the United States were named Earlene, the 18,432nd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1947, when 407 were.

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14,170
babies named Earlene since 1880
#18,432
rank in 2007
1947
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Earlene

1 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Earlene Brown
    American shot putter and discus thrower, 1935–1983

Questions

Is Earlene a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 14,170 US babies named Earlene since 1880 were girls.
When was Earlene most popular?
1947 in the United States, when 407 babies were named Earlene, its highest rank at 401st.