How popular is the name Errol?

Errol ranks 1,143rd among boys' names in US records, with 9,067 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 226.

Is Errol a unisex name?

No. Errol is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1941, when 272 children were given the name. It has been in use for 129 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Erol. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,143 of boy names

Pronounced EH1 R AH0 L (ARPABET)

Errol is a boys' name, and first appears in 1896. It has been given to 9,067 children — the 1,143rd most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 226 births across the past decade, against a peak of 272 in a single year. That peak was in 1941.

Erol is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Errol and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Errol?: Errol ranks 1,143rd among boys' names in US records, with 9,067 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 226.
Is Errol a unisex name?: No. Errol is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Errol most popular?: 1941, when 272 children were given the name. It has been in use for 129 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Errol spelled?: Erol. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.