The name Errol is of Scottish origin, and is derived from the name of an area in Scotland.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Errol has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Errol
Use of the Name Errol for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
6,536
3,568
594
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Errol has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Errol first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1936, which is the first year shown on the table.
Errol last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1985, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Errol
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1936
910
46
1937
491
136
1938
430
177
1939
362
244
1940
364
246
1941
353
272
1942
406
224
1943
446
201
1944
501
144
1945
541
122
1946
519
153
1947
553
148
1948
545
150
1949
592
131
1950
583
135
1951
642
121
1952
632
123
1953
693
106
1954
755
89
1955
723
102
1956
713
105
1957
666
131
1958
665
130
1959
629
151
1960
640
148
1961
680
129
1962
709
118
1963
684
130
1964
652
141
1965
663
125
1966
721
107
1967
665
127
1968
671
125
1969
663
142
1970
702
140
1971
761
117
1972
757
110
1973
898
79
1974
788
103
1975
861
93
1976
795
109
1977
814
110
1978
782
116
1979
953
86
1980
821
114
1981
936
92
1982
867
105
1983
941
88
1984
959
85
1985
858
110
Totals:
6,536
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Errol as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Errol appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 50 times during the last 125 years.