Elroy
Elroy was the 4585th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 438th with 192 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 254 places. More babies were named Elroy in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,585 boys, up 731 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1922192 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,482babies recorded
Elroy popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 6 since 1919.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,585 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,316 | 17 |
| 2010 | #6,799 | 12 |
| 2000 | #7,004 | 9 |
| 1990 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1980 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1970 | #1,119 | 54 |
| 1960 | #772 | 97 |
| 1950 | #743 | 86 |
| 1940 | #562 | 111 |
| 1930 | #513 | 136 |
| 1920 | #519 | 139 |
| 1910 | #737 | 17 |
| 1900 | #1,208 | 6 |
| 1890 | #924 | 6 |
| 1880 | #952 | 5 |
How popular is Elroy, counting every spelling?
Elroy is the most common spelling of a name family that had 46 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 46 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy | 22 | #4,585 | 118 |
| Elroi | 24 | #4,287 | 94 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Elroy?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Elroy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Elroy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Elroy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Elroy?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Elroy are alive today, with a median age of 62; half are between 43 and 73. That makes Elroy a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Elroy by state
How common Elroy was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Elroy
How popular is the name Elroy?
Elroy was the 4585th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 438th with 192 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 254 places. More babies were named Elroy in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Elroy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Elroy in the US.
Where is Elroy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Elroy was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).