Earlene

Girl · recorded 1901–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1938best year

Most popular in 1938.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls 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 Earlene.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1901

017635219011928195419812007

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 97 recorded years as a table
Earlene, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190121
190534
190627
190735
190824
190926
191040
191160
191263
191337
191468
191572
191679
191785
191898
191991
1920113
1921127
1922143
1923150
1924170
1925181
1926190
1927221
1928247
1929263
1930250
1931280
1932265
1933324
1934333
1935319
1936322
1937313
1938352
1939306
1940316
1941291
1942284
1943286
1944268
1945262
1946222
1947230
1948233
1949201
1950196
1951189
1952143
1953166
1954141
1955136
1956118
1957108
195893
195988
196091
196168
196273
196369
196461
196560
196663
196744
196838
196950
197034
197132
197226
197326
197429
197521
197620
197715
197818
197911
198010
198114
198213
198314
198414
19859
19868
198713
19886
198912
19905
19916
19925
19934
19943
19957
19963
19975
19983
19993
20073

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Earlene 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
5
Rank in 2007
#17,636
How rare
1 in 384,523 girls
Since 1901
14,165

Earlene was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1938, at 352 per million girls born.

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

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