Boy or Girl

Is Elroy a boy or girl name?

Elroy is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 25 boys were named Elroy, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.1% of the 7,460 US babies named Elroy were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#4,216
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Elroy since 1880
7,460
Most popular year
1922
192 babies
Babies named Elroy each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Elroy from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Elroy, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s3100%
1890s4700%
1900s9200%
1910s84760.7%
1920s1,54100%
1930s1,21800%
1940s96600%
1950s83400%
1960s70300%
1970s37700%
1980s25200%
1990s15200%
2000s9800%
2010s18300%
2020s11300%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202425#4,2160–
202328#3,9180–
202219#5,0820–
202124#4,2810–
202017#5,3130–
201927#3,9230–
201821#4,6460–
201722#4,5090–
201624#4,2320–
201523#4,3310–
201421#4,5880–
201311#7,1780–
201213#6,4180–
20119#8,2690–
201012#6,7980–
200912#6,9210–
20087#10,1900–
20077#10,0850–
200610#7,5910–
200513#5,9700–
200412#6,2440–
200311#6,3840–
20029#7,2080–
20018#7,7580–
20009#7,0040–
199911#5,7680–
19986#8,8120–
199716#4,1110–
199613#4,6880–
199517#3,7440–
199413#4,6050–
199313#4,5280–
199215#3,9800–
199120#3,1530–
199028#2,4540–
198922#2,8140–
198824#2,4630–
198732#1,9490–
198625#2,2490–
198526#2,1390–
198417#2,7310–
198321#2,3570–
198233#1,7420–
198129#1,9120–
198023#2,2410–
197928#1,9160–
197827#1,8860–
197729#1,7980–
197641#1,3950–
197529#1,7230–
197443#1,3000–
197337#1,3820–
197246#1,2190–
197143#1,2770–
197054#1,1190–
196961#9840–
196848#1,0720–
196750#1,0360–
196659#9460–
196557#9790–
196484#8260–
196377#8580–
196281#8430–
196189#8100–
196097#7720–
195988#8140–
195873#8840–
195796#7690–
195683#8200–
195583#8040–
195482#7960–
195391#7480–
195283#7730–
195169#8430–
195086#7430–
194979#7750–
194881#7520–
194788#7320–
194683#7180–
194591#6320–
1944106#5950–
1943103#6230–
1942120#5630–
1941104#5800–
1940111#5620–
193990#6130–
1938108#5610–
1937129#5060–
1936130#4980–
1935122#5220–
1934117#5470–
1933125#5020–
1932123#5260–
1931138#4880–
1930136#5130–
1929150#4790–
1928132#5250–
1927154#4900–
1926138#5160–
1925164#4720–
1924158#4930–
1923162#4790–
1922192#4380–
1921152#5000–
1920139#5190–
1919136#5126#4,420
1918145#4970–
1917143#4790–
1916110#5450–
1915104#5510–
191475#5810–
191351#6200–
191243#6370–
191123#6560–
191017#7370–
190911#9120–
190818#6170–
190713#7530–
190610#8100–
190514#6430–
19048#9090–
19036#1,0460–
19026#1,0480–
19010–0–
19006#1,2080–
18990–0–
18986#1,0410–
18978#8070–
18968#8450–
18957#9110–
18940–0–
18937#8570–
18925#1,1210–
18910–0–
18906#9240–
18895#1,0140–
18885#1,0780–
18875#9780–
18865#1,0110–
18850–0–
18846#8930–
18830–0–
18820–0–
18810–0–
18805#9520–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Elroy reached #438 in 1922. As a girl name, it reached #4,420 in 1919. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.