How Many People Are Named Elroy?
people named Elroy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 119,047 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,482 babies named Elroy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
192 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Altered form of LEROY, using the Spanish definite article el as opposed to the French le.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elroy in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elroy alive today is about 56 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elroy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1922, to 192 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elroy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #438, in 1922. In 2025 it ranked #4,584.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,584 |
| Best rank | #438 (1922) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #486 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elroy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elroy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 269 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elroy was given 10.8 times as often in Wisconsin, 8.2 times in North Dakota and 6.2 times in Minnesota.
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