Errol

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Errol: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Errol: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #246 in 1969, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#246highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Errol's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
2000	#2501
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2005	#3208
2006	#2282
2010	#2941
2011	#2194
2012	#3039
2013	#2660
2014	#1935
2015	#2483
2016	#4023
2017	#2052
2018	#1455
2019	#2728
2020	#1935
2021	#1984
2022	#2165
2023	#1799
2024	#2263

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #256 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1966–1984
Highest recorded position: #246 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1966–1984).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Errol appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 23 ranked years and 179 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1966.

Errol across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Errol's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1455 (2018)	#2263 (2024)	23 of 29	179 (1996–2024)	17 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#256 (1966)	#246 (1969)	#274 (1984)	7 of 19	28 (1966–1984)	5 (1969)

Errol by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Errol in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	86	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Errol appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #246 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Errol's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #246, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 30 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Caoilinn · #246, 30y
Jac · #246, 29y
Earl · #245, 34y
Edyta · #245, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Karan · #246, 42y
Earl · #245, 34y
Edyta · #245, 31y
Kiran · #245, 31y

Errol was ranked #246 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Errol and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Errol without appearing here.

Errol moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4023 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1455 and #4749.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4023 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1455 and #3959.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Errol

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2282 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #1201.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1591 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1174.
Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #1889.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1935 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2483 and #1902.

Moved the opposite way to Errol

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Errol went from #1591 to #2263 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Errol went from #1591 to #2263 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Errol went from #1591 to #2263 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Errol went from #1591 to #2263 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Errol

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Errol went from #1591 to #2263 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Errol went from #1591 to #2263 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Errol went from #1591 to #2263 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Errol went from #1591 to #2263 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #246 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Errol

Errol at a glance

What stands out in Errol's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Errol across 2 official records

Errol by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Errol appears in

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Errol at a glance

What stands out in Errol's record

Errol across 2 official records

Errol by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Errol appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Errol

Errol and the names beside it

Errol moved ahead of

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