Elroy — #4188 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elroy

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,454 babies named Elroy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elroy currently holds the #4188 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 192 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elroy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,541 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elroy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 869 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Elroy in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elroy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,454 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.