Name profile

Errol

From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from village by this name in Perthshire.

Usage languagesDutch, English
US rank (2025)#5,399

Meaning and history

From a Scottish surname originally derived from a village of the same name in Perthshire, Errol was popularized as a given name by the Australian actor Errol Flynn (1909–1959).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 32 births, rank #3,306
2007: 32 births, rank #3,379
2008: 32 births, rank #3,421
2009: 30 births, rank #3,551
2010: 33 births, rank #3,308
20112011: 19 births, rank #4,822
2012: 31 births, rank #3,450
2013: 39 births, rank #2,895
2014: 21 births, rank #4,538
2015: 28 births, rank #3,775
20162016: 25 births, rank #4,098
2017: 28 births, rank #3,781
2018: 28 births, rank #3,793
2019: 23 births, rank #4,337
2020: 20 births, rank #4,698
20212021: 16 births, rank #5,562
2022: 8 births, rank #8,990
2023: 15 births, rank #5,927
2024: 15 births, rank #5,904
20252025: 17 births, rank #5,399

Errol rose from #963 to #859 for boys between 1984 and 1985. Its highest annual birth count came in 1941, with 272 births.