Boys' name · since 1955
Erol
Erol has 454 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1966 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,352 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 454
- born since 1955
- 1980s
- peak decade
Erol sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 454 recorded since 1955.
Erol has 454 recorded births among boys since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2017.
- #8,352 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 454 born since 1955
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erol ranks #8,352 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 454 born since 1955, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,352 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 454
- born since 1955
- 1980s
- peak decade
Erol's 454 recorded births place it above 81.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Erol's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Erol splits its recorded history at 1986: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1966 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Erol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2017
- Peak year (1966)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Erol by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (101 births, 22% of the file).
1980s was Erol's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Erol births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 37
1950s
37 births
- 1960s
1960s
93 births
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
101 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 101 births (22% of all-time use).
Erol by state
Where Erol concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 31 | 6.8% |
31 of 454 births nationwide.
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- Erol's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2010s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Erols (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Erol: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~62 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Erol draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.