Early was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies).
Early as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#7,679 (10)
2022
#7,768 (10)
2021
#12,146 (5)
2019
#9,756 (7)
2016
#10,744 (6)
2015
#6,324 (13)
2009
#8,985 (8)
2008
#12,553 (5)
2007
#10,921 (6)
2004
#11,356 (5)
2003
#10,894 (5)
2002
#10,667 (5)
2000
#5,920 (11)
1996
#9,015 (5)
1995
#6,992 (7)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1897 at #321.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
In 1963, 20% of US babies named Early were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.