Earl

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Earl is an English given name, predominantly popular in North America, meaning "warrior" or "nobleman" and derived from the rank of nobility of the same name. Instances of its use as a given name date back to 12th-century England.

From Wikipedia

Earl first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 6,754 babies (rank #31 that year). In 2024 it was given to 68 boys (rank #2,152). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Earl

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Earl yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

291,355

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

6,754

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Earl

Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.biochemist · b. 1915
Earl Warrenprosecutor · b. 1891

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	335	#52
1881	314	#48
1882	377	#49
1883	389	#42
1884	464	#40
1885	481	#36
1886	570	#31
1887	537	#32
1888	675	#30
1889	688	#28
1890	744	#24
1891	674	#25
1892	888	#21
1893	819	#21
1894	896	#20
1895	851	#23
1896	892	#21
1897	829	#24
1898	883	#25
1899	821	#23
1900	1,037	#28
1901	818	#23
1902	877	#27
1903	837	#27
1904	854	#29
1905	904	#29
1906	912	#29
1907	1,006	#28
1908	999	#32
1909	1,007	#31
1910	1,109	#33
1911	1,305	#34
1912	2,518	#34
1913	3,110	#31
1914	3,842	#33
1915	4,908	#33
1916	5,553	#32
1917	5,632	#32
1918	6,321	#31
1919	5,975	#31
1920	6,533	#31
1921	6,754	#31
1922	6,461	#31
1923	6,339	#31
1924	6,529	#33
1925	6,436	#31
1926	6,441	#32
1927	6,406	#33
1928	5,966	#37
1929	5,737	#36
1930	5,567	#38
1931	5,047	#40
1932	4,822	#41
1933	4,375	#41
1934	4,627	#41
1935	4,224	#46
1936	4,106	#47
1937	3,942	#48
1938	4,007	#50
1939	3,896	#50
1940	3,945	#52
1941	3,805	#58
1942	4,049	#62
1943	4,186	#60
1944	3,874	#65
1945	3,566	#71
1946	3,831	#82
1947	4,242	#83
1948	3,976	#83
1949	3,653	#91
1950	3,589	#92
1951	3,571	#95
1952	3,456	#98
1953	3,437	#96
1954	3,425	#98
1955	3,246	#106
1956	3,303	#110
1957	3,139	#122
1958	2,801	#130
1959	2,685	#135
1960	2,564	#139
1961	2,520	#139
1962	2,302	#147
1963	2,161	#154
1964	2,196	#149
1965	1,949	#156
1966	1,752	#160
1967	1,653	#163
1968	1,652	#164
1969	1,620	#172
1970	1,630	#173
1971	1,502	#178
1972	1,250	#188
1973	1,158	#195
1974	1,079	#206
1975	1,023	#212
1976	941	#220
1977	1,002	#221
1978	926	#227
1979	893	#245
1980	901	#250
1981	863	#254
1982	883	#251
1983	768	#270
1984	781	#266
1985	691	#294
1986	651	#311
1987	622	#332
1988	635	#338
1989	603	#372
1990	569	#407
1991	539	#420
1992	474	#459
1993	447	#471
1994	381	#518
1995	321	#570
1996	319	#571
1997	278	#622
1998	309	#600
1999	271	#643
2000	245	#712
2001	231	#749
2002	202	#826
2003	199	#868
2004	178	#945
2005	183	#953
2006	188	#987
2007	170	#1,081
2008	170	#1,093
2009	140	#1,258
2010	115	#1,443
2011	115	#1,430
2012	123	#1,371
2013	98	#1,580
2014	105	#1,526
2015	129	#1,355
2016	110	#1,525
2017	113	#1,490
2018	97	#1,659
2019	97	#1,664
2020	68	#2,074
2021	99	#1,665
2022	78	#1,971
2023	63	#2,250
2024	68	#2,152