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Elroy

Gender
Boy
Say it
EL-roy
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#4,538 for boys

Elroy is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “the king”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).

What does Elroy mean?

French: variant of Leroy

“the king”

From French le roi; Elroy is the son in the 1960s cartoon The Jetsons.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Elroy a girl's or a boy's name?

Elroy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elroy in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,747th among boys
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Elroy, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.

In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were given Elroy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 6 in 20242025
Elroy in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20246#3,335
20233#5,193
20224#4,195
20215#3,614
20203#4,803
20194#4,126
20183#4,959
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20093#4,691
20080–
20073#4,486
20060–
20053#3,992

How popular is Elroy in the US?

Rank in 2025
4,538th among boys
Babies in 2025
22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Elroy, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1922, with 192 boys.

Half of all the boys named Elroy in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 192 in 19222025
Elroy in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202522#4,538
202425#4,197
202328#3,880
202219#5,015
202124#4,243
202017#5,231
201927#3,896
201821#4,606
201722#4,462
201624#4,198
201523#4,293
201421#4,534
201311#7,021
201213#6,300
20119#8,072
201012#6,692
200912#6,798
20087#9,864
20077#9,782
200610#7,422
200513#5,869
200412#6,132
200311#6,251
20029#7,048
20018#7,529
20009#6,832
199911#5,650
19986#8,472
199716#4,054
199613#4,606
199517#3,687
199413#4,531
199313#4,440
199215#3,912
199120#3,099
199028#2,427
198922#2,778
198824#2,432
198732#1,934
198625#2,224
198526#2,115
198417#2,705
198321#2,340
198233#1,733
198129#1,898
198023#2,213
197928#1,903
197827#1,870
197729#1,780
197641#1,390
197529#1,703
197443#1,290
197337#1,376
197246#1,210
197143#1,272
197054#1,117
196961#982
196848#1,068
196750#1,030
196659#941
196557#976
196484#823
196377#855
196281#840
196189#807
196097#771
195988#813
195873#882
195796#765
195683#819
195583#800
195482#794
195391#747
195283#769
195169#842
195086#740
194979#773
194881#751
194788#731
194683#716
194591#632
1944106#595
1943103#623
1942120#562
1941104#579
1940111#562
193990#610
1938108#559
1937129#506
1936130#497
1935122#522
1934117#545
1933125#501
1932123#524
1931138#487
1930136#511
1929150#479
1928132#525
1927154#489
1926138#516
1925164#472
1924158#493
1923162#477
1922192#438
1921152#500
1920139#519
1919136#511
1918145#497
1917143#479
1916110#545
1915104#550
191475#579
191351#615
191243#635
191123#644
191017#729
190911#893
190818#613
190713#735
190610#798
190514#636
19048#874
19036#1,009
19026#1,012
19010–
19006#1,161
18990–
18986#1,001
18978#786
18968#825
18957#871
18940–
18937#836
18925#1,065
18910–
18906#884
18895#973
18885#1,030
18875#921
18865#959
18850–
18846#848
18830–
18820–
18810–
18805#909

Nicknames for Elroy

Names like Elroy

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Stanley, Arthur, Freddie, Otis, Frederick, Wilfred, Teddy, Edward, Louie, Ellis, Henry, Archie

Other spellings of Elroy

Elroi

More French names

Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Elroy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elroy, updated 20 October 2026.