Errol
About Errol
Errol was a swashbuckling name in the Errol Flynn era, which still has a trace of jazz cool.m thanks to jazz pianist Erroll Garner.
Pronounced ER-ul.
As of October 2026, Errol ranked #5454 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #354 in 1941.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,589 | 21 | 10.9 |
| 2015 | #3,811 | 28 | 14.6 |
| 2016 | #4,128 | 25 | 13.2 |
| 2017 | #3,807 | 28 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | #3,816 | 28 | 15.4 |
| 2019 | #4,378 | 23 | 12.8 |
| 2020 | #4,747 | 20 | 11.6 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Errol on lists
Famous Errols
- Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
Australian,American actor
- Errol Barnett
British,American TV journalist
- Errol Denis Mann
American NFL football player
- Errol Mark Morris
American film director
- Errol Spence
American boxer
- Errol Zimmerman
Curaçaoan martial artist
- (Lester) Errol Brown
British,Jamaican singer of funk band Hot Chocolate
- Errol Eustace Harris
South African philosopher
- (Errol) Clyde Klotz
American art director, ex,husband of actress Gillian Anderson
Errol in pop culture
- Eriol Hiiragizawa
character in Carcaptor Sakura
- Errol
Weasley family owl in Harry Potter
- Errol
a town in the state of New Hampshire
- Errol Childress
serial killer in the HBO series True Detective
- Errol
hero in the game Arena of Valor
- Errol L. Forkle
character in Keeper of the Lost Cities