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Errol
Pronounced /ˈɛɹəl/
Rank in 2024
#6,077
Born in 2024
15
Peak year
1941 · #354
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 15 boys were named Errol, about 1 in every 114,354.
- It peaked in 1941 with 272 babies, ranked #354.
- It first shows up in the records in 1896.
- 8,613 boys have been named Errol since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Errol per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 269 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 1,936 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,450 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,805 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,297 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 579 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 266 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Transferred from a rare Scottish surname derived from a place name, of unknown meaning. Later interpreted as a variant of Earl in the U.S.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, popularized by American Actor Errol Flynn.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈɛɹəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Errol, CC BY-SA 4.0.