Name meaning & stats
Errol
Errol. 7,624 US babies since 1940, peak 1941.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1941
7,624 US babies were named Errol between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Errol (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 83% of the family
- Errol 83%
- Erroll 8%
- Erol 5%
- Erle 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1941)