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.
Where Elroy is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#505 · 1 in 5,884
- Texas#633 · 1 in 9,115
- California#1,005 · 1 in 33,140
Best ever in a state: #95 in Wisconsin, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #505 | 6 | 1 in 5,884 |
| Texas | #633 | 11 | 1 in 9,115 |
| California | #1,005 | 5 | 1 in 33,140 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 30,228 of them was named Elroy, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #938Benedict60
- #938Benton60
- #938Terance60
- #941Elroy59
- #941Arnulfo59
- #941Augustus59
- #941Aurelio59
- #950Arron58
- #950Curtiss58
- #950Darryle58
Tied with 8 names at #941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.