Erroll

Boy · recorded 1915–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 68 recorded years as a table
Erroll, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19158
19185
19206
192110
19254
19285
19377
193811
19399
194016
19417
19428
19435
19446
19454
19466
19475
19484
19495
195010
19519
19529
19539
195412
195512
19569
195711
19588
195915
196010
196115
196215
19636
196410
19658
19667
196712
19685
19698
19704
197113
19729
19735
19744
19756
19767
19777
19785
19795
19804
19819
19824
19837
19845
19855
19863
19875
19885
19893
19903
19915
19933
19945
19953
19974
20023
20034
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Erroll isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
5
Rank in 2005
#11,472
How rare
1 in 399,461 boys
Since 1915
822

Erroll was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1940, at 16 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Erroll doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.