Erroll
Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 32 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 822since 1915
Erroll over time
Rank among boys' names. Erroll has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,862 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
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| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
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| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Erroll! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Erroll is popular in 1959
No state had 5 or more boys named Erroll in 1959, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Erroll
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1959 at #1,387 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 64,398 boys born in 1940 were named Erroll (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 399,461 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,387 in 1959, was only 1 in 66,704 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.5% of all boys named Erroll (210) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,082 (1915) | #3,631 |
| 1920s | 27 | #2,632 (1921) | #3,699 |
| 1930s | 29 | #2,084 (1938) | #2,426 |
| 1940s | 92 | #1,627 (1940) | #2,621 |
| 1950s | 210 | #1,387 (1959) | #1,722 |
| 1960s | 187 | #1,423 (1962) | #2,008 |
| 1970s | 106 | #1,862 (1971) | #3,520 |
| 1980s | 95 | #2,680 (1981) | #4,557 |
| 1990s | 46 | #4,760 (1991) | #6,736 |
| 2000s | 18 | #8,643 (2003) | #9,836 |
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.
Erroll in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 66,704 of them was named Erroll, which outranked 69.7% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,360Wilber33
- #1,360Wylie33
- #1,360Yancey33
- #1,387Erroll32
- #1,387Adrain32
- #1,387Elston32
- #1,387Erie32
- #1,416Asa31
- #1,416Brook31
- #1,416Constantine31
Tied with 28 names at #1,387; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.