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Earl

Boy's name · #2236 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Earl is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1894, when it ranked #20. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 289,000 boys since 1880, ranked #2236 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#3,153 in Canada (2025) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #3,689 in England & Wales (2024) · #4,460 in Ecuador (2023) · #2,666 in France (2000) · #322 in Ireland (1981) · #284 in New Zealand (1972).

Famous Earls

• Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr. — American pharmacologist (1915–1974)
• Earl Warren — Chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969 (1891–1974)
• Earl Hines — American jazz pianist (1903–1983)
• Earl Holliman — American actor (1928–2024)
• Earl Boykins — American basketball player (born 1976)

In stories & tradition

• Earl McGraw^it — From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (TV series)
• Earl Bassett^nl — Tremors (film)
• Earl Camembert — SCTV (TV series)

What Earls become

Among 1,160 notable people named Earl:

Sports figures appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Earl Boykins, American basketball player (born 1976).

Similar names: Fred · Ira · Clarence · Will · Ike · Irving

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