Recorded 1896–2025 · United States
Errol was most popular in 1941, when 272 American babies were given the name — ranking #758 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 8,631 people named Errol.
Errol first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1896, which makes it about 129 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 116 of the 130 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 8,631 American births named Errol between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,003 are estimated to be alive today.
17 American babies were named Errol in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.
Errol is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 14 births a year, against 28 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -49% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Errol is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 8,631 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,003 Americans named Errol are alive today — 70% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 55 years old, and half are between 39 and 69. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org