Elroy
Last seen for girls in 1919 at #4,251 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1922 · 192 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,476since 1880
Elroy over time
Rank among boys' names. Elroy has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,247 | 24 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,899 | 27 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,466 | 22 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,295 | 23 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,432 | 28 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,437 | 24 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,938 | 32 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,734 | 33 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,780 | 29 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,390 | 41 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,704 | 29 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,290 | 43 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,376 | 37 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,210 | 46 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,272 | 43 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #982 | 61 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,068 | 48 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,030 | 50 | |
| 1966 | — | #941 | 59 | |
| 1965 | — | #976 | 57 | |
| 1964 | — | #823 | 84 | |
| 1963 | — | #855 | 77 | |
| 1962 | — | #841 | 81 | |
| 1961 | — | #808 | 89 | |
| 1960 | — | #772 | 97 | |
| 1959 | — | #814 | 88 | |
| 1958 | — | #883 | 73 | |
| 1957 | — | #766 | 96 | |
| 1956 | — | #820 | 83 | |
| 1955 | — | #801 | 83 | |
| 1954 | — | #795 | 82 | |
| 1953 | — | #748 | 91 | |
| 1952 | — | #770 | 83 | |
| 1951 | — | #843 | 69 | |
| 1950 | — | #741 | 86 | |
| 1949 | — | #774 | 79 | |
| 1948 | — | #752 | 81 | |
| 1947 | — | #732 | 88 | |
| 1946 | — | #716 | 83 | |
| 1945 | — | #632 | 91 | |
| 1944 | — | #595 | 106 | |
| 1943 | — | #623 | 103 | |
| 1942 | — | #562 | 120 | |
| 1941 | — | #579 | 104 | |
| 1940 | — | #562 | 111 | |
| 1939 | — | #610 | 90 | |
| 1938 | — | #559 | 108 | |
| 1937 | — | #506 | 129 | |
| 1936 | — | #497 | 130 | |
| 1935 | — | #522 | 122 | |
| 1934 | — | #545 | 117 | |
| 1933 | — | #501 | 125 | |
| 1932 | — | #524 | 123 | |
| 1931 | — | #487 | 138 | |
| 1930 | — | #511 | 136 | |
| 1929 | — | #479 | 150 | |
| 1928 | — | #525 | 132 | |
| 1927 | — | #489 | 154 | |
| 1926 | — | #516 | 138 | |
| 1925 | — | #472 | 164 | |
| 1924 | — | #493 | 158 | |
| 1923 | — | #477 | 162 | |
| 1922 | — | #438 | 192 | |
| 1921 | — | #500 | 152 | |
| 1920 | — | #519 | 139 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #511 | 136 |
| 1918 | — | #497 | 145 | |
| 1917 | — | #479 | 143 | |
| 1916 | — | #545 | 110 | |
| 1915 | — | #550 | 104 | |
| 1914 | — | #579 | 75 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #635 | 43 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elroy was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elroy
- 339 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #4,539)
- 696 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #4,539)
- 244 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1905 (#874 → #636)
- Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1909 (#613 → #893)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1922 at #438 (192 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1904–1966
- Highest: 1 in 5,667 boys born in 1922 were named Elroy (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.6% of all boys named Elroy (1,541) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #848 (1884) | #940 |
| 1890s | 47 | #787 (1897) | #896 |
| 1900s | 92 | #613 (1908) | #859 |
| 1910s | 847 | #479 (1917) | #578 |
| 1920s | 1,541 | #438 (1922) | #491 |
| 1930s | 1,218 | #487 (1931) | #526 |
| 1940s | 966 | #562 (1942) | #653 |
| 1950s | 834 | #741 (1950) | #798 |
| 1960s | 703 | #772 (1960) | #910 |
| 1970s | 377 | #1,117 (1970) | #1,491 |
| 1980s | 252 | #1,734 (1982) | #2,239 |
| 1990s | 152 | #2,432 (1990) | #4,494 |
| 2000s | 98 | #5,875 (2005) | #7,359 |
| 2010s | 183 | #3,899 (2019) | #5,412 |
| 2020s | 135 | #3,883 (2023) | #4,521 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elroy in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 188,353 of them was named Elroy, which outranked 23.5% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 7,207 of them was named Elroy, which outranked 89.4% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).