Masculine dossier · first seen 1896

Errol

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Errol
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.5% from peak

Peak era

1941

Peak rank proxy

272

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1896Peak 19412024

Peak year

1941

Decline from peak

94.5%

2024

All-time

8,613

Errol once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1941, when 272 boys were named Errol.

In 2024, only 15 boys were given the name.

Down 94.5% from its peak.

All told, about 8,613 Americans have been named Errol and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.5% from peak

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