Earnie

Boy · recorded 1902–1997

  • 1997last recorded
  • 1909best year

Most popular in 1909.

Last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Earnie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1902

0224319021926195019731997

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 78 recorded years as a table
Earnie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190241
190741
190943
191026
191221
191320
191412
191521
191619
191716
191813
191914
192019
192111
192228
192315
192421
192513
192623
192720
192814
192917
193015
193110
193220
193310
19349
193513
193612
19379
193813
19399
194016
194114
19429
194313
194418
194512
194619
194716
194819
194913
195017
195114
195213
19538
19547
19559
195612
19579
195810
19599
19609
196110
19628
19636
19648
19655
196610
19678
19687
19699
19706
19718
19727
19736
19744
19758
19763
19777
19783
19795
19803
19813
19843
19853
19893
19973

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Earnie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1997
6
Rank in 1997
#8,110
How rare
1 in 314,190 boys
Since 1902
1,180

Earnie was last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1909, at 43 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Earnie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.