Early
Boy · ER-lee · English
Early is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Early come from?
English: English word and surname
- Say it
- ER-lee
Is Early a girl's or a boy's name?
Early is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Early in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Early, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1927, with 88 boys.
Half of all the boys named Early in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Early in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,320 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,299 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,081 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,090 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,043 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,039 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1949 | 57 | #910 |
| 1948 | 51 | #971 |
| 1947 | 57 | #922 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,031 |
| 1945 | 49 | #916 |
| 1944 | 60 | #810 |
| 1943 | 60 | #856 |
| 1942 | 54 | #900 |
| 1941 | 42 | #987 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 40 | #1,007 |
| 1938 | 55 | #834 |
| 1937 | 55 | #824 |
| 1936 | 52 | #844 |
| 1935 | 43 | #969 |
| 1934 | 59 | #808 |
| 1933 | 59 | #799 |
| 1932 | 52 | #888 |
| 1931 | 44 | #997 |
| 1930 | 57 | #873 |
| 1929 | 71 | #752 |
| 1928 | 63 | #826 |
| 1927 | 88 | #690 |
| 1926 | 76 | #731 |
| 1925 | 77 | #746 |
| 1924 | 81 | #737 |
| 1923 | 75 | #755 |
| 1922 | 82 | #722 |
| 1921 | 85 | #707 |
| 1920 | 76 | #754 |
| 1919 | 87 | #663 |
| 1918 | 76 | #733 |
| 1917 | 83 | #656 |
| 1916 | 65 | #757 |
| 1915 | 71 | #690 |
| 1914 | 55 | #687 |
| 1913 | 50 | #629 |
| 1912 | 37 | #700 |
| 1911 | 30 | #548 |
| 1910 | 33 | #480 |
| 1909 | 33 | #436 |
| 1908 | 23 | #522 |
| 1907 | 30 | #417 |
| 1906 | 21 | #489 |
| 1905 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | 24 | #431 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 22 | #440 |
| 1901 | 21 | #407 |
| 1900 | 29 | #419 |
| 1899 | 25 | #362 |
| 1898 | 26 | #385 |
| 1897 | 33 | #321 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 24 | #390 |
| 1894 | 22 | #399 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1891 | 19 | #397 |
| 1890 | 23 | #369 |
| 1889 | 20 | #405 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | 15 | #480 |
| 1884 | 14 | #504 |
| 1883 | 15 | #460 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
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