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Baby name
Earl
Boy
Origin of the name
Earl comes from the English noble title, from the Old English eorl, “nobleman, warrior.”
Classic name
289,174births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 31rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Earl are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Earl is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Earl is most common in West Virginia (2.3 times), Kentucky (2.2) and Louisiana (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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