# Elroy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elroy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “leroy” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛl.ɹoɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,482 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,476 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 42, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from Leroy, but with the le in "Leroy" being replaced with its corresponding equivalent in Spanish el.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 6 | 4,420 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,271 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,419 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,180 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,589 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,331 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,233 |
| 2017 | 22 | 4,510 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,646 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,923 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,316 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,281 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,083 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,922 |
| 2024 | 25 | 4,233 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,585 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Elroy

- Elroy Hirsch, American football player and executive (1923–2004)
- Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)
- Redd Foxx, American stand-up comedian and actor (1922–1991)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.