Errol
Errol is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 354th, in 1941.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1941272 births
- Best rank
- #354in 1941
- Since 1896
- 8,613people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,613 boys have been named Errol in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1941, with 272 births.
The name has all but left use: 15 births in 2024, against 272 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1940s alone account for 21%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Errol | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 109 | |
| 1920s | 196 | |
| 1930s | 691 | |
| 1940s | 1,797 | |
| 1950s | 1,197 | |
| 1960s | 1,292 | |
| 1970s | 1,064 | |
| 1980s | 901 | |
| 1990s | 648 | |
| 2000s | 358 | |
| 2010s | 275 | |
| 2020s | 74 |
In 1941, its biggest year
Errol was the 354th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1941 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1941.
Names that rose and fell with Errol
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dennypeak 1947
- Jeraldpeak 1942
- Jimmypeak 1947
- Tommypeak 1947
- Jerrypeak 1947
- Sammypeak 1947
- Johnnypeak 1947
- Ronnypeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.