How Many People Are Named Erol?

413

people named Erol are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 827,566 people in the US has this name

Based on 454 babies named Erol in Social Security records from 1955 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#18,586

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#6,627

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Peak Year

1966

16 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Turkish
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Means "brave" in Turkish.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Erol in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Erol alive today is about 40 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 54 in 2025.

Under 30 121
29.4%
30 to 59 224
54.4%
60 and over 67
16.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Erol first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 1966, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.

Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2017

🏆 Rank History

Erol has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,989, in 1966.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,989 (1966)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#4,073 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Erol alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Erol were born in New York than in any other state: about 26 of those alive today.

New York 26

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