Earl

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Earl: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Earl: Recorded since 1967, with a gap of 14 years, its highest recorded position is #245, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#245highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Earl's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1345
1998	#1821
1999	#2943
2000	#1889
2001	#1595
2002	#2005
2004	#1732
2005	#2418
2006	#2870
2007	#1666
2008	#2507
2009	#1859
2010	#4678
2011	#2613
2012	#3987
2013	#3315
2014	#2248
2015	#3004
2016	#4810
2017	#2734
2018	#2445
2019	#3937
2020	#2404
2021	#3990
2022	#3048
2023	#4991
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1967–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #245 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1967–1981
Highest recorded position: #245 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1967–1981).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Earl appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 181 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1967.

Earl across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Earl's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#1168 (1996)	#3688 (2024)	28 of 29	181 (1996–2024)	12 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#245 (1967)	#245 (1967)	#322 (1981)	6 of 15	22 (1967–1981)	5 (1972)

Earl by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Earl in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	70	9 of 10	8
2010s	56	10 of 10	6
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Earl appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #245 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Earl's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#270	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1967 and 2024, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #245, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Eanna · #115, 57y
Easa · #1935, 17y
Eason · #711, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edyta · #245, 31y
Kiran · #245, 31y
Caoilinn · #246, 30y
Errol · #246, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Edyta · #245, 31y
Kiran · #245, 31y
Lester · #245, 28y
Orna · #245, 56y

Earl was ranked #245 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Earl and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Earl without appearing here.

Earl moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2005 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Earl

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #1201.
Fredrik Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #1483.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #3112.

Moved the opposite way to Earl

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Earl went from #1168 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Earl went from #1168 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Earl went from #1168 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Earl went from #1168 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Earl

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Earl went from #1168 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Earl went from #1168 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Earl went from #1168 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Earl went from #1168 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #245 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Earl

Earl at a glance

What stands out in Earl's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Earl across 2 official records

Earl by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Earl appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Earl

Earl and the names beside it

Earl moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Earl

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Earl at a glance

What stands out in Earl's record

Earl across 2 official records

Earl by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Earl appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Earl

Earl and the names beside it

Earl moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Earl

Moved the opposite way to Earl

Moved the same way as Earl