Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Early

Gender

Male

Origin

American
Before Due Time Or Date

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Early

Pronunciation

e(a)-rly, ear-ly

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1927 (rank #690, 88 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7679, 10 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1926 (rank #2352, 15 births); most recent 2013 (rank #14546, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202510–
2024––
2023––
202210–
20215–
2020––
20197–
2018––
2017––
20166–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data