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How popular is “Early” in the USA?

Number of people named “Early” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Early” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Early” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Early” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Early” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Early” by birth year

This chart shows how “Early” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 12 0.000062277 12 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 -100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 -100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 -100%
1889 20 0.000069217 20 -100%
1890 23 0.00007631 23 -100%
1891 24 0.000083719 5 19 -58%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 -100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 -100%
1895 24 0.000068372 24 -100%
1896 25 0.000069933 6 19 -52%
1897 33 0.000095113 33 -100%
1898 26 0.00006816 26 -100%
1899 25 0.000073695 25 -100%
1900 29 0.000064408 29 -100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 -100%
1902 22 0.000056887 22 -100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 -100%
1904 29 0.000071874 5 24 -66%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 -100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 -100%
1907 37 0.000079503 7 30 -62%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 -100%
1909 33 0.000064551 33 -100%
1910 39 0.000066022 6 33 -69%
1911 30 0.000046564 30 -100%
1912 37 0.000037447 37 -100%
1913 50 0.000043971 50 -100%
1914 62 0.000043775 7 55 -77%
1915 71 0.000038746 71 -100%
1916 65 0.000033602 65 -100%
1917 91 0.000045347 8 83 -82%
1918 86 0.000039611 10 76 -77%
1919 98 0.00004644 11 87 -78%
1920 85 0.000037567 9 76 -79%
1921 99 0.000042407 14 85 -72%
1922 89 0.000038879 7 82 -84%
1923 85 0.000036917 10 75 -76%
1924 92 0.000038629 11 81 -76%
1925 82 0.000035143 5 77 -88%
1926 91 0.000039636 15 76 -67%
1927 95 0.00004096 7 88 -85%
1928 76 0.000033614 13 63 -66%
1929 82 0.000037406 11 71 -73%
1930 65 0.000029236 8 57 -75%
1931 51 0.000024235 7 44 -73%
1932 57 0.000026998 5 52 -82%
1933 59 0.000029508 59 -100%
1934 64 0.000030816 5 59 -84%
1935 49 0.000023446 6 43 -76%
1936 61 0.000029361 9 52 -70%
1937 63 0.000029568 8 55 -75%
1938 60 0.000027118 5 55 -83%
1939 49 0.000022238 9 40 -63%
1940 54 0.000023451 10 44 -63%
1941 48 0.000019701 6 42 -75%
1942 63 0.000023062 9 54 -71%
1943 68 0.000024092 8 60 -76%
1944 67 0.000024906 7 60 -79%
1945 49 0.00001847 49 -100%
1946 44 0.00001377 44 -100%
1947 57 0.000015823 57 -100%
1948 64 0.000018537 13 51 -59%
1949 66 0.00001894 9 57 -73%
1950 52 0.000014843 9 43 -65%
1951 54 0.000014659 7 47 -74%
1952 57 0.000015008 9 48 -68%
1953 53 0.000013753 8 45 -70%
1954 48 0.000012058 48 -100%
1955 51 0.000012702 11 40 -57%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 -100%
1957 45 0.000010709 9 36 -60%
1958 39 0.000009434 5 34 -74%
1959 36 0.000008658 6 30 -67%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 32 0.000007725 32 -100%
1962 34 0.000008425 7 27 -59%
1963 25 0.000006316 5 20 -60%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 22 0.000006068 22 -100%
1966 23 0.000006617 23 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 -100%
1974 21 0.000006908 21 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Early:

  1. Earling
  2. Earlis
  3. Earlisa
  4. Earlisha
  5. Earlon
  6. Early (this page)
  7. Earlyn
  8. Earlyne
  9. Earlynn
  10. Earma
  11. Earman