Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Earley isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Earley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 581
- 581 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020; 9,756 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Earley, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
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99% boys · 1% girls
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>99% boys
Yates
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>99% boys