Errol — #5891 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Errol

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,613 babies named Errol between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Errol currently holds the #5891 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 272 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Errol performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,797 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Errol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,097 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Errol in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Errol 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 8,613 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.