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

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Peak · boys
1922 · 192 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,476
since 1880

Elroy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elroy has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #438, 1922boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,53922
2024#4,20025
2023#3,88328
2022#5,01919
2021#4,24724
2020#5,23517
2019#3,89927
2018#4,61021
2017#4,46622
2016#4,19924
2015#4,29523
2014#4,53821
2013#7,02611
2012#6,30613
2011#8,0799
2010#6,69812
2009#6,80212
2008#9,8717
2007#9,7887
2006#7,42710
2005#5,87513
2004#6,13812
2003#6,25811
2002#7,0559
2001#7,5368
2000#6,8399
1999#5,65611
1998#8,4796
1997#4,05916
1996#4,61313
1995#3,69317
1994#4,53713
1993#4,44713
1992#3,92015
1991#3,10520
1990#2,43228
1989#2,78422
1988#2,43724
1987#1,93832
1986#2,22625
1985#2,11626
1984#2,70617
1983#2,34121
1982#1,73433
1981#1,89929
1980#2,21323
1979#1,90328
1978#1,87027
1977#1,78029
1976#1,39041
1975#1,70429
1974#1,29043
1973#1,37637
1972#1,21046
1971#1,27243
1970#1,11754
1969#98261
1968#1,06848
1967#1,03050
1966#94159
1965#97657
1964#82384
1963#85577
1962#84181
1961#80889
1960#77297
1959#81488
1958#88373
1957#76696
1956#82083
1955#80183
1954#79582
1953#74891
1952#77083
1951#84369
1950#74186
1949#77479
1948#75281
1947#73288
1946#71683
1945#63291
1944#595106
1943#623103
1942#562120
1941#579104
1940#562111
1939#61090
1938#559108
1937#506129
1936#497130
1935#522122
1934#545117
1933#501125
1932#524123
1931#487138
1930#511136
1929#479150
1928#525132
1927#489154
1926#516138
1925#472164
1924#493158
1923#477162
1922#438192
1921#500152
1920#519139
1919#4,2516#511136
1918#497145
1917#479143
1916#545110
1915#550104
1914#57975
1913#61551
1912#63543
1911#64423
1910#72917
1909#89311
1908#61318
1907#73513
1906#79810
1905#63614
1904#8748
1903#1,0096
1902#1,0136
1901
1900#1,1626
1899
1898#1,0026
1897#7878
1896#8268
1895#8727
1894
1893#8367
1892#1,0665
1891
1890#8846
1889#9745
1888#1,0315
1887#9215
1886#9595
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1922 at #438 (192 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1904–1966
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,667
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Elroy (1,541) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s31#848 (1884)#940
1890s47#787 (1897)#896
1900s92#613 (1908)#859
1910s847#479 (1917)#578
1920s1,541#438 (1922)#491
1930s1,218#487 (1931)#526
1940s966#562 (1942)#653
1950s834#741 (1950)#798
1960s703#772 (1960)#910
1970s377#1,117 (1970)#1,491
1980s252#1,734 (1982)#2,239
1990s152#2,432 (1990)#4,494
2000s98#5,875 (2005)#7,359
2010s183#3,899 (2019)#5,412
2020s135#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 1937

boys
#506
129 births · 1 in 8,269 boys

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #506Elroy129
More about 1937

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 8,269 of them was named Elroy, which outranked 87.4% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elroy
  1. #503Royal131
  2. #504Bradford130
  3. #504Bud130
  4. #506Elroy129
  5. #506Kay129
  6. #508Blaine128
  7. #508Elmo128
  8. #508Rocco128

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937