Earnie
Earnie is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194834 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1902
- 1,506people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,180 boys have been named Earnie in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 34 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 34 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1940s alone account for 19%.
Earnie is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (326), most of them born around 1923.
By decade
In 1948, its biggest year
Earnie was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1948 were James, Robert, John, William and David. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Earnie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Erskinepeak 1947
- Harrellpeak 1947
- Stanfordpeak 1954
- Wardellpeak 1950
- Prentispeak 1942
- Weltonpeak 1924
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.