Erol — boys' name

What the Data Says About Erol

The Social Security Administration has registered 454 babies named Erol between 1955 and 2017, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erol currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erol performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Erol shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Erol in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erol 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 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.