Errol
#5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 272 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,631since 1896
Errol over time
Rank among boys' names. Errol has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #3,793 | 28 |
| 2017 | #3,781 | 28 |
| 2016 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #2,895 | 39 |
| 2012 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #3,308 | 33 |
| 2009 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #2,752 | 39 |
| 2004 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #2,049 | 49 |
| 1999 | #2,865 | 29 |
| 1998 | #1,811 | 55 |
| 1997 | #1,773 | 54 |
| 1996 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | #1,380 | 73 |
| 1994 | #1,383 | 71 |
| 1993 | #1,472 | 63 |
| 1992 | #1,246 | 82 |
| 1991 | #1,236 | 81 |
| 1990 | #1,181 | 85 |
| 1989 | #1,243 | 75 |
| 1988 | #1,215 | 70 |
| 1987 | #1,023 | 86 |
| 1986 | #1,075 | 75 |
| 1985 | #857 | 110 |
| 1984 | #960 | 85 |
| 1983 | #936 | 89 |
| 1982 | #868 | 105 |
| 1981 | #935 | 92 |
| 1980 | #823 | 114 |
| 1979 | #945 | 87 |
| 1978 | #786 | 116 |
| 1977 | #814 | 110 |
| 1976 | #790 | 110 |
| 1975 | #857 | 94 |
| 1974 | #786 | 103 |
| 1973 | #904 | 78 |
| 1972 | #760 | 109 |
| 1971 | #761 | 117 |
| 1970 | #703 | 140 |
| 1969 | #667 | 140 |
| 1968 | #666 | 127 |
| 1967 | #660 | 128 |
| 1966 | #718 | 107 |
| 1965 | #663 | 125 |
| 1964 | #651 | 141 |
| 1963 | #681 | 130 |
| 1962 | #709 | 117 |
| 1961 | #679 | 130 |
| 1960 | #640 | 148 |
| 1959 | #630 | 151 |
| 1958 | #665 | 132 |
| 1957 | #665 | 130 |
| 1956 | #714 | 105 |
| 1955 | #723 | 102 |
| 1954 | #758 | 88 |
| 1953 | #693 | 106 |
| 1952 | #631 | 124 |
| 1951 | #635 | 123 |
| 1950 | #582 | 136 |
| 1949 | #580 | 134 |
| 1948 | #552 | 147 |
| 1947 | #548 | 151 |
| 1946 | #513 | 156 |
| 1945 | #548 | 119 |
| 1944 | #499 | 147 |
| 1943 | #443 | 201 |
| 1942 | #409 | 224 |
| 1941 | #354 | 272 |
| 1940 | #365 | 246 |
| 1939 | #364 | 242 |
| 1938 | #427 | 178 |
| 1937 | #490 | 136 |
| 1936 | #906 | 46 |
| 1935 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
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| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Errol! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Errol is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#465 · 1 in 5,513
- North Carolina#542 · 1 in 7,434
- Louisiana#552 · 1 in 5,508
- Michigan#660 · 1 in 12,850
- California#690 · 1 in 10,558
Best ever in a state: #129 in Montana, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #465 | 20 | 1 in 5,513 |
| North Carolina | #542 | 5 | 1 in 7,434 |
| Louisiana | #552 | 6 | 1 in 5,508 |
| Michigan | #660 | 5 | 1 in 12,850 |
| California | #690 | 16 | 1 in 10,558 |
| Florida | #711 | 5 | 1 in 10,202 |
| Texas | #720 | 11 | 1 in 10,465 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Errol
- 505 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #5,399)
- 701 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,399)
- 1,624 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #5,399)
- Biggest jump: 802 spots in 1936 (#1,708 → #906)
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1986 (#857 → #1,075)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1941 at #354 (272 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1936–1985
- Highest: 1 in 4,516 boys born in 1941 were named Errol (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Errol (1,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #982 (1896) | #1,020 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 109 | #1,404 (1918) | #1,983 |
| 1920s | 196 | #1,545 (1922) | #1,775 |
| 1930s | 691 | #364 (1939) | #1,376 |
| 1940s | 1,797 | #354 (1941) | #481 |
| 1950s | 1,197 | #582 (1950) | #670 |
| 1960s | 1,293 | #640 (1960) | #673 |
| 1970s | 1,064 | #703 (1970) | #811 |
| 1980s | 901 | #823 (1980) | #994 |
| 1990s | 648 | #1,181 (1990) | #1,605 |
| 2000s | 358 | #2,049 (2000) | #2,930 |
| 2010s | 275 | #2,895 (2013) | #3,880 |
| 2020s | 91 | #4,698 (2020) | #6,080 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Errol in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 14,154 of them was named Errol, which outranked 88.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).