Earl was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #20 in 1894 but is far less common today.
Earl is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,236 for boy births in the United States (and #4,804 across all names), given to 63 babies. Earl first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (6,754 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,236 |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,158 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,251 |
| 2022 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,971 |
| 2021 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,667 |
| 2020 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,075 |
| 2019 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,664 |
| 2018 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,649 |
| 2017 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,480 |
| 2016 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,525 |
| 2015 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,355 |
| 2014 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,526 |
| 2013 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,580 |
| 2012 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,371 |
| 2011 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,431 |
| 2010 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,443 |
| 2009 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,258 |
| 2008 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,093 |
| 2007 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,081 |
| 2006 | 188 | 188 | — | #987 |
| 2005 | 183 | 183 | — | #953 |
| 2004 | 178 | 178 | — | #945 |
| 2003 | 199 | 199 | — | #868 |
| 2002 | 202 | 202 | — | #826 |
| 2001 | 231 | 231 | — | #749 |
| 2000 | 245 | 245 | — | #712 |
| 1999 | 271 | 271 | — | #643 |
| 1998 | 309 | 309 | — | #600 |
| 1997 | 278 | — | — | #622 |
| 1996 | 319 | — | — | #571 |
| 1995 | 321 | — | — | #570 |
| 1994 | 381 | — | — | #518 |
| 1993 | 447 | — | — | #471 |
| 1992 | 474 | — | — | #459 |
| 1991 | 539 | — | — | #420 |
| 1990 | 569 | — | — | #407 |
| 1989 | 603 | — | — | #372 |
| 1988 | 640 | — | #12,355 | #338 |
| 1987 | 634 | — | #6,035 | #332 |
| 1986 | 658 | — | #8,799 | #311 |
| 1985 | 690 | — | — | #294 |
| 1984 | 790 | — | #6,965 | #266 |
| 1983 | 776 | — | #7,494 | #270 |
| 1982 | 891 | — | #7,673 | #251 |
| 1981 | 872 | — | #6,945 | #254 |
| 1980 | 912 | — | #6,026 | #250 |
| 1979 | 909 | — | #4,473 | #245 |
| 1978 | 936 | — | #6,067 | #227 |
| 1977 | 1,012 | — | #5,995 | #221 |
| 1976 | 955 | — | #4,418 | #220 |
| 1975 | 1,038 | — | #4,414 | #212 |
| 1974 | 1,085 | — | #7,105 | #206 |
| 1973 | 1,172 | — | #4,034 | #195 |
| 1972 | 1,268 | — | #3,597 | #188 |
| 1971 | 1,513 | — | #4,893 | #178 |
| 1970 | 1,645 | — | #3,917 | #173 |
| 1969 | 1,637 | — | #3,360 | #172 |
| 1968 | 1,665 | — | #3,846 | #164 |
| 1967 | 1,661 | — | #5,112 | #163 |
| 1966 | 1,772 | — | #2,781 | #160 |
| 1965 | 1,962 | — | #3,602 | #156 |
| 1964 | 2,212 | — | #3,280 | #149 |
| 1963 | 2,181 | — | #2,640 | #154 |
| 1962 | 2,317 | — | #3,644 | #147 |
| 1961 | 2,536 | — | #3,093 | #139 |
| 1960 | 2,581 | — | #3,124 | #139 |
| 1959 | 2,705 | — | #2,789 | #135 |
| 1958 | 2,818 | — | #2,785 | #130 |
| 1957 | 3,155 | — | #2,965 | #122 |
| 1956 | 3,320 | — | #2,956 | #110 |
| 1955 | 3,264 | — | #2,654 | #106 |
| 1954 | 3,446 | — | #2,320 | #98 |
| 1953 | 3,457 | — | #2,381 | #96 |
| 1952 | 3,474 | — | #2,518 | #98 |
| 1951 | 3,587 | — | #2,618 | #95 |
| 1950 | 3,606 | — | #2,461 | #92 |
| 1949 | 3,668 | — | #2,545 | #91 |
| 1948 | 3,998 | — | #2,144 | #83 |
| 1947 | 4,262 | — | #2,215 | #83 |
| 1946 | 3,846 | — | #2,414 | #82 |
| 1945 | 3,592 | — | #1,670 | #71 |
| 1944 | 3,900 | — | #1,621 | #65 |
| 1943 | 4,214 | — | #1,603 | #60 |
| 1942 | 4,083 | — | #1,422 | #62 |
| 1941 | 3,836 | — | #1,426 | #58 |
| 1940 | 3,967 | — | #1,647 | #52 |
| 1939 | 3,922 | — | #1,483 | #50 |
| 1938 | 4,034 | — | #1,450 | #50 |
| 1937 | 3,966 | — | #1,547 | #48 |
| 1936 | 4,136 | — | #1,328 | #47 |
| 1935 | 4,270 | — | #1,021 | #46 |
| 1934 | 4,673 | — | #1,038 | #41 |
| 1933 | 4,407 | — | #1,250 | #41 |
| 1932 | 4,864 | — | #1,099 | #41 |
| 1931 | 5,102 | — | #932 | #40 |
| 1930 | 5,640 | — | #834 | #38 |
| 1929 | 5,803 | — | #881 | #36 |
| 1928 | 6,037 | — | #867 | #37 |
| 1927 | 6,461 | — | #1,037 | #33 |
| 1926 | 6,498 | — | #991 | #32 |
| 1925 | 6,501 | — | #924 | #31 |
| 1924 | 6,585 | — | #1,035 | #33 |
| 1923 | 6,373 | — | #1,360 | #31 |
| 1922 | 6,513 | — | #1,047 | #31 |
| 1921 | 6,797 | — | #1,172 | #31 |
| 1920 | 6,585 | — | #1,032 | #31 |
| 1919 | 6,016 | — | #1,162 | #31 |
| 1918 | 6,364 | — | #1,132 | #31 |
| 1917 | 5,678 | — | #1,044 | #32 |
| 1916 | 5,583 | — | #1,341 | #32 |
| 1915 | 4,935 | — | #1,375 | #33 |
| 1914 | 3,875 | — | #1,043 | #33 |
| 1913 | 3,133 | — | #1,157 | #31 |
| 1912 | 2,539 | — | #1,156 | #34 |
| 1911 | 1,317 | — | #1,392 | #34 |
| 1910 | 1,117 | — | #1,818 | #33 |
| 1909 | 1,027 | — | #914 | #31 |
| 1908 | 1,013 | — | #1,105 | #32 |
| 1907 | 1,022 | — | #956 | #28 |
| 1906 | 922 | — | #1,243 | #29 |
| 1905 | 920 | — | #936 | #29 |
| 1904 | 868 | — | #970 | #29 |
| 1903 | 846 | — | #1,234 | #27 |
| 1902 | 888 | — | #1,087 | #27 |
| 1901 | 832 | — | #887 | #23 |
| 1900 | 1,049 | — | #1,127 | #28 |
| 1899 | 827 | — | #1,454 | #23 |
| 1898 | 890 | — | #1,406 | #25 |
| 1897 | 840 | — | #995 | #24 |
| 1896 | 905 | — | #913 | #21 |
| 1895 | 861 | — | #1,074 | #23 |
| 1894 | 905 | — | #1,082 | #20 |
| 1893 | 831 | — | #872 | #21 |
| 1892 | 902 | — | #805 | #21 |
| 1891 | 684 | — | #906 | #25 |
| 1890 | 744 | — | — | #24 |
| 1889 | 688 | — | — | #28 |
| 1888 | 675 | — | — | #30 |
| 1887 | 537 | — | — | #32 |
| 1886 | 578 | — | #852 | #31 |
| 1885 | 481 | — | — | #36 |
| 1884 | 464 | — | — | #40 |
| 1883 | 389 | — | — | #42 |
| 1882 | 377 | — | — | #49 |
| 1881 | 319 | — | #857 | #48 |
| 1880 | 335 | — | — | #52 |