Early is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #16083 for boy births in the United States, given to 10 babies. Early first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1921 (99 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #16,083 |
| 2022 | 10 | #16,288 |
| 2021 | 5 | #25,077 |
| 2019 | 7 | #20,601 |
| 2016 | 6 | #23,264 |
| 2015 | 13 | #14,031 |
| 2013 | 6 | #23,602 |
| 2009 | 8 | #20,191 |
| 2008 | 5 | #27,991 |
| 2007 | 6 | #24,668 |
| 2004 | 5 | #25,331 |
| 2003 | 5 | #24,794 |
| 2002 | 5 | #24,237 |
| 2000 | 11 | #13,720 |
| 1996 | 5 | #20,836 |
| 1995 | 7 | #16,277 |
| 1992 | 8 | #14,588 |
| 1991 | 11 | #11,562 |
| 1990 | 13 | #10,116 |
| 1989 | 8 | #13,273 |
| 1988 | 8 | #12,594 |
| 1987 | 8 | #12,026 |
| 1986 | 9 | #10,755 |
| 1985 | 13 | #8,227 |
| 1984 | 5 | #15,276 |
| 1983 | 7 | #11,913 |
| 1982 | 12 | #8,476 |
| 1981 | 14 | #7,545 |
| 1980 | 6 | #13,416 |
| 1979 | 12 | #8,265 |
| 1978 | 14 | #7,144 |
| 1977 | 16 | #6,551 |
| 1976 | 11 | #7,925 |
| 1975 | 7 | #10,576 |
| 1974 | 21 | #5,023 |
| 1973 | 14 | #6,339 |
| 1972 | 12 | #6,862 |
| 1971 | 14 | #6,254 |
| 1970 | 26 | #4,168 |
| 1969 | 8 | #8,054 |
| 1968 | 17 | #4,832 |
| 1967 | 17 | #4,698 |
| 1966 | 23 | #3,914 |
| 1965 | 22 | #4,031 |
| 1964 | 12 | #5,848 |
| 1963 | 25 | #3,795 |
| 1962 | 34 | #3,190 |
| 1961 | 32 | #3,307 |
| 1960 | 31 | #3,328 |
| 1959 | 36 | #3,028 |
| 1958 | 39 | #2,842 |
| 1957 | 45 | #2,656 |
| 1956 | 25 | #3,579 |
| 1955 | 51 | #2,363 |
| 1954 | 48 | #2,426 |
| 1953 | 53 | #2,242 |
| 1952 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 54 | #2,152 |
| 1950 | 52 | #2,160 |
| 1949 | 66 | #1,891 |
| 1948 | 64 | #1,910 |
| 1947 | 57 | #2,053 |
| 1946 | 44 | #2,251 |
| 1945 | 49 | #1,974 |
| 1944 | 67 | #1,657 |
| 1943 | 68 | #1,694 |
| 1942 | 63 | #1,738 |
| 1941 | 48 | #1,907 |
| 1940 | 54 | #1,776 |
| 1939 | 49 | #1,832 |
| 1938 | 60 | #1,664 |
| 1937 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1936 | 61 | #1,599 |
| 1935 | 49 | #1,821 |
| 1934 | 64 | #1,568 |
| 1933 | 59 | #1,620 |
| 1932 | 57 | #1,704 |
| 1931 | 51 | #1,800 |
| 1930 | 65 | #1,640 |
| 1929 | 82 | #1,405 |
| 1928 | 76 | #1,502 |
| 1927 | 95 | #1,345 |
| 1926 | 91 | #1,383 |
| 1925 | 82 | #1,492 |
| 1924 | 92 | #1,428 |
| 1923 | 85 | #1,462 |
| 1922 | 89 | #1,437 |
| 1921 | 99 | #1,359 |
| 1920 | 85 | #1,458 |
| 1919 | 98 | #1,304 |
| 1918 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1917 | 91 | #1,337 |
| 1916 | 65 | #1,572 |
| 1915 | 71 | #1,452 |
| 1914 | 62 | #1,362 |
| 1913 | 50 | #1,352 |
| 1912 | 37 | #1,501 |
| 1911 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1910 | 39 | #1,122 |
| 1909 | 33 | #1,121 |
| 1908 | 23 | #1,330 |
| 1907 | 37 | #987 |
| 1906 | 21 | #1,273 |
| 1905 | 18 | #1,412 |
| 1904 | 29 | #1,024 |
| 1903 | 23 | #1,113 |
| 1902 | 22 | #1,170 |
| 1901 | 21 | #1,111 |
| 1900 | 29 | #1,079 |
| 1899 | 25 | #981 |
| 1898 | 26 | #1,018 |
| 1897 | 33 | #838 |
| 1896 | 25 | #1,016 |
| 1895 | 24 | #1,017 |
| 1894 | 22 | #1,031 |
| 1893 | 14 | #1,296 |
| 1892 | 16 | #1,241 |
| 1891 | 24 | #880 |
| 1890 | 23 | #921 |
| 1889 | 20 | #981 |
| 1888 | 18 | #1,050 |
| 1887 | 15 | #1,039 |
| 1886 | 17 | #983 |
| 1885 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1884 | 14 | #1,067 |
| 1883 | 15 | #967 |
| 1882 | 10 | #1,214 |
| 1881 | 12 | #1,003 |
| 1880 | 11 | #1,104 |