# Errol (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/errol/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛɹəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,631 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,631 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 187, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transferred from a rare Scottish surname derived from a place name, of unknown meaning. Later interpreted as a variant of Earl in the U.S.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,872 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,468 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,908 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,590 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3,811 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,129 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,808 |
| 2018 | 28 | 3,816 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,379 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,749 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,618 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,242 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6,020 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5,994 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,454 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Errol

- Errol Flynn, Australian actor (1909–1959)
- Errol Morris, American filmmaker and writer (born 1948)
- Errol Barrow, Barbadian politician (1920-1987)
- Errol Spence, American boxer
- Errol Brown, British singer and songwriter (1948–2015)
- Errol Kerr, American-Jamaican ski cross racer, 2010 Olympian and excavation foreman
- Errol Zimmerman, Dutch martial artist
- Errol Nolan, American sprinter
- Errol Fuller, English writer and artist
- Stu Ungar, American poker player (1953–1998)

## 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.