How rare is the name Errol?

9,033 people in the United States have the first name Errol, about 1 in 33,436. It ranks #2,628 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ERROL

#2,628

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,033
About
1 in 33,436
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,033 people named Errol, 54.8% reported their origin as Black, 31.1% as White and 4.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Errol peaked in 1941, when 272 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18962025
Peak year
1941
Births that year
272
In 2025*
17 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,631 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Errol by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,022. The largest share of babies named Errol, 28.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,34211
1910s#3,924109
1920s#3,529196
1930s#1,513691
1940s#1,0221,797
1950s#1,5331,197
1960s#1,5731,293
1970s#1,8881,064
1980s#2,321901
1990s#3,593648
2000s#6,725358
2010s#8,486275
2020s#12,39491
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.4%
Baby boom 1946–6428.4%
Generation X 1965–8020.9%
Millennials 1981–9615%
Generation Z 1997–126.7%
2013 and later3.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Errol is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Errol has been most common in Louisiana (10×), New York (3×), and Florida (2.4×), and least common in Georgia (0.31×).

4,732 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Errol

1 other first name also has 9,033 people.

#2,628 Mariel · 9,033

Either side of Errol

#2,625 Kaya · 9,062#2,627 Selma · 9,055#2,628 Mariel · 9,033#2,630 Fletcher · 9,032

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Errol, most common first.

#13,226 Erol · 919#17,129 Erroll · 649

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