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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Earlene

Earlene was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1938, when it ranked 315th; the most babies were born in 1947 (407). More babies were named Earlene in the 1940s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1947407 babies
Total since 1880
14,170babies recorded

Earlene popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1931.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#8,05410
1980#4,37917
1970#1,60559
1960#757183
1950#438336
1940#335361
1930#401282
1920#609136
1910#1,13016
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Earlene, counting every spelling?

Earlene has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Earlene?

About 6,500 people born in the US named Earlene are alive today, with a median age of 75; half are between 67 and 82. That makes Earlene a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Earlene by state

How common Earlene was among girls born in each state in 1945–1949, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (3.7×), Mississippi (3.5×), Oklahoma (2.8×), Florida (2.2×), Alabama (2.0×). In 21 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesME0.28Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesWA0.09Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesIL0.14Michigan: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMI0.16New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMA0.05Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIN0.17Ohio: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesOH0.15Pennsylvania: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesPA0.17New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesCA0.23Utah: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesUT0.34Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesMO0.35Kentucky: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesKY0.26West Virginia: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesWV0.17Virginia: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesVA0.40Maryland: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMD0.22Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.13New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesKS0.27Arkansas: 0.85 per 1,000 babiesAR0.85Tennessee: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesTN0.33North Carolina: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesNC0.43South Carolina: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesSC0.37District of Columbia: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesDC0.28Oklahoma: 0.64 per 1,000 babiesOK0.64Louisiana: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesLA0.39Mississippi: 0.80 per 1,000 babiesMS0.80Alabama: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesAL0.45Georgia: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesGA0.45Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesTX0.23Florida: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesFL0.51
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Earlene, girls, 1945–1949. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Earlene

How popular is the name Earlene?

Earlene was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1938, when it ranked 315th; the most babies were born in 1947 (407). More babies were named Earlene in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Earlene a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 14,165 girls and 5 boys.

Where was Earlene most popular?

In 1945–1949, Earlene was most common in Arkansas (0.85 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Oklahoma.