Errol
Boy · ERR-ul · Scottish
Errol is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Errol mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname from a place name
From a Scottish surname taken from the village of Errol in Perthshire; borne by actor Errol Flynn.
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- ERR-ul
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Is Errol a girl's or a boy's name?
Errol is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Errol in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Errol, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Errol than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Errol in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Errol in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Errol in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Errol, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1941, with 272 boys. It first appears in the records in 1896.
2025 had more boys named Errol than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Errol in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Errol in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 54 | #1,770 |
| 1996 | 55 | #1,702 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,375 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,379 |
| 1993 | 63 | #1,467 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,242 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,230 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,176 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,238 |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,212 |
| 1987 | 86 | #1,022 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,074 |
| 1985 | 110 | #857 |
| 1984 | 85 | #959 |
| 1983 | 89 | #936 |
| 1982 | 105 | #868 |
| 1981 | 92 | #935 |
| 1980 | 114 | #823 |
| 1979 | 87 | #945 |
| 1978 | 116 | #786 |
| 1977 | 110 | #814 |
| 1976 | 110 | #790 |
| 1975 | 94 | #857 |
| 1974 | 103 | #786 |
| 1973 | 78 | #904 |
| 1972 | 109 | #760 |
| 1971 | 117 | #761 |
| 1970 | 140 | #703 |
| 1969 | 140 | #667 |
| 1968 | 127 | #666 |
| 1967 | 128 | #660 |
| 1966 | 107 | #718 |
| 1965 | 125 | #663 |
| 1964 | 141 | #651 |
| 1963 | 130 | #681 |
| 1962 | 117 | #709 |
| 1961 | 130 | #678 |
| 1960 | 148 | #639 |
| 1959 | 151 | #629 |
| 1958 | 132 | #664 |
| 1957 | 130 | #664 |
| 1956 | 105 | #713 |
| 1955 | 102 | #722 |
| 1954 | 88 | #757 |
| 1953 | 106 | #692 |
| 1952 | 124 | #630 |
| 1951 | 123 | #634 |
| 1950 | 136 | #581 |
| 1949 | 134 | #579 |
| 1948 | 147 | #551 |
| 1947 | 151 | #548 |
| 1946 | 156 | #513 |
| 1945 | 119 | #548 |
| 1944 | 147 | #499 |
| 1943 | 201 | #443 |
| 1942 | 224 | #409 |
| 1941 | 272 | #354 |
| 1940 | 246 | #365 |
| 1939 | 242 | #364 |
| 1938 | 178 | #427 |
| 1937 | 136 | #490 |
| 1936 | 46 | #906 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
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