How Many People Are Named Earl?
people named Earl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,900 people in the US has this name
Based on 291,421 babies named Earl in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
6,797 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl "nobleman, warrior". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Earl in English. Counting Earl and these spellings together, about 90,273 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Earl, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Earl alive today is about 64 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Earl first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 6,797 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Earl never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #20, in 1894, and it was in the top 100 for 75 years, 1880 to 1954. In 2025 it ranked #2,236.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,236 |
| Best rank | #20 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | 75 (1880 to 1954) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #31 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Earl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Earl were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 5,621 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Earl was given 1.8 times as often in Louisiana, 1.7 times in Kentucky and 1.6 times in Maryland.
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