Roy

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #525 for boys in 2025, 570 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#18
1892 · 1,048 births
Debut · boys
1880
440 births
In top 100 · boys
89 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
408,638
since 1880

Roy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #18, 1892boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#525570
2024—#541553
2023—#556526
2022#15,3065#576509
2021—#551521
2020—#572487
2019—#565494
2018—#541520
2017—#533531
2016—#540539
2015#13,0067#533534
2014—#530525
2013—#524508
2012—#558466
2011—#566443
2010—#553457
2009—#557473
2008—#496552
2007—#495536
2006—#451599
2005—#470531
2004—#466543
2003—#440570
2002—#439566
2001—#427573
2000—#399638
1999—#393638
1998—#381655
1997—#344749
1996—#344719
1995—#336732
1994—#306863
1993—#306897
1992—#285992
1991—#2471,129
1990—#2351,227
1989#6,95511#2171,258
1988#6,66611#2201,164
1987#4,66017#2031,263
1986#6,61210#1971,283
1985#4,45517#1861,379
1984#4,16618#1821,383
1983#4,47616#1761,456
1982#5,91111#1671,617
1981#4,96314#1571,726
1980#3,60922#1531,779
1979#4,42016#1501,753
1978#4,07917#1471,795
1977#3,00226#1411,913
1976#4,36314#1391,871
1975#4,14115#1222,121
1974#3,55818#1222,187
1973#3,78716#1172,236
1972#3,71416#1142,476
1971#3,50818#1112,960
1970#3,87215#1083,041
1969#3,01220#1053,001
1968#2,20530#943,177
1967#2,32727#953,276
1966#2,51923#943,522
1965#2,93818#953,785
1964#2,15131#894,149
1963#2,54323#894,440
1962#2,21029#904,476
1961#2,19729#834,966
1960#2,06131#805,255
1959#1,88135#815,183
1958#2,02530#755,525
1957#1,90433#656,063
1956#2,38922#626,133
1955#1,48047#586,331
1954#1,76934#566,513
1953#1,75832#556,655
1952#1,74632#556,524
1951#1,52838#526,466
1950#1,65332#516,454
1949#1,76729#516,622
1948#1,77828#497,067
1947#1,69732#487,560
1946#1,43937#436,925
1945#1,62126#406,183
1944#1,34036#396,533
1943#1,12451#386,932
1942#1,18045#426,311
1941#1,22238#395,950
1940#1,20337#425,565
1939#1,42427#425,156
1938#1,59623#415,041
1937#1,33030#404,890
1936#1,29631#424,815
1935#1,38128#404,939
1934#1,09841#355,104
1933#98549#394,906
1932#1,19236#385,238
1931#88760#355,489
1930#98356#335,917
1929#86867#355,812
1928#1,06949#346,229
1927#89869#346,387
1926#1,02353#346,224
1925#1,03753#326,376
1924#1,15146#316,557
1923#1,06551#326,316
1922#94961#326,458
1921#1,08049#326,545
1920#1,10346#326,355
1919#1,10344#325,970
1918#1,10244#326,211
1917#1,16238#335,586
1916#1,16737#335,327
1915#1,01243#325,052
1914#1,38521#323,852
1913#1,40517#323,090
1912#1,25218#312,591
1911#1,03118#311,394
1910#1,6349#291,267
1909#1,6078#281,135
1908#1,6767#261,097
1907#1,09213#241,128
1906#1,3219#241,024
1905#1,2989#241,016
1904#1,05012#211,123
1903—#22975
1902#1,13310#221,002
1901#1,2278#20917
1900#1,7236#211,215
1899#1,2787#20912
1898#1,09810#201,049
1897#1,0949#19999
1896—#191,027
1895#1,05310#191,028
1894#95011#181,018
1893#1,2776#18919
1892#1,4505#181,048
1891#83911#18838
1890#82511#18941
1889#1,1476#18888
1888#8949#20856
1887#9377#20726
1886#1,1085#20767
1885#1,0475#24691
1884—#26680
1883—#30556
1882—#33521
1881—#34440
1880—#37440
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Roy was already there! It came in at #37, and was given to 440 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 560 boys a year got the name.

Where Roy is popular in 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #19 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 41 boysAKMaine: #65 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 295 boysMEVermont: #78 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 343 boysVTNew Hampshire: #83 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 434 boysNHWashington: #17 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 94 boysWAIdaho: #36 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 132 boysIDMontana: #22 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 101 boysMTNorth Dakota: #35 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 127 boysNDMinnesota: #38 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 141 boysMNIllinois: #35 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 172 boysILWisconsin: #52 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 188 boysWIMichigan: #41 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 182 boysMINew York: #81 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 469 boysNYMassachusetts: #74 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 466 boysMARhode Island: #88 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 476 boysRIOregon: #27 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 124 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Roy, so not publishedNVWyoming: #48 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 164 boysWYSouth Dakota: #42 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 143 boysSDIowa: #42 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 171 boysIAIndiana: #30 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 159 boysINOhio: #39 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 210 boysOHPennsylvania: #56 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 287 boysPANew Jersey: #72 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 448 boysNJConnecticut: #85 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 568 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 139 boysCAUtah: #40 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 161 boysUTColorado: #27 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 122 boysCONebraska: #41 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 168 boysNEMissouri: #22 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 111 boysMOKentucky: #16 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 99 boysKYWest Virginia: #20 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 100 boysWVVirginia: #20 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 111 boysVAMaryland: #72 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 401 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Roy, so not publishedDEArizona: #36 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 143 boysAZNew Mexico: #49 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 211 boysNMKansas: #32 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 137 boysKSArkansas: #11 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 94 boysARTennessee: #12 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 80 boysTNNorth Carolina: #18 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 110 boysNCSouth Carolina: #32 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 162 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #66 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 356 boysDCOklahoma: #17 for boys · 235 births · 1 in 95 boysOKLouisiana: #22 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 118 boysLAMississippi: #34 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 171 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 128 boysALGeorgia: #16 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 110 boysGAHawaii: #97 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 354 boysHITexas: #18 for boys · 443 births · 1 in 117 boysTXFlorida: #33 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 160 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#11 · 1 in 94
  2. Tennessee#12 · 1 in 80
  3. Kentucky#16 · 1 in 99
  4. Georgia#16 · 1 in 110
  5. Washington#17 · 1 in 94

Best ever in a state: #6 in Hawaii, 1939.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#111881 in 94
Tennessee#123031 in 80
Georgia#162561 in 110
Kentucky#162621 in 99
Oklahoma#172351 in 95
Washington#171031 in 94
North Carolina#183041 in 110
Texas#184431 in 117
Alaska#1961 in 41
Virginia#202161 in 111
West Virginia#201731 in 100
Alabama#211991 in 128
Louisiana#221611 in 118
Missouri#222641 in 111
Montana#22421 in 101
Colorado#27711 in 122
Oregon#27461 in 124
California#292431 in 139
Indiana#301631 in 159
Kansas#321191 in 137
South Carolina#321211 in 162
Florida#33641 in 160
Mississippi#341101 in 171
Illinois#353321 in 172
North Dakota#35471 in 127
Arizona#36241 in 143
Idaho#36271 in 132
Minnesota#381571 in 141
Ohio#392481 in 210
Utah#40301 in 161
Michigan#411981 in 182
Nebraska#41721 in 168
Iowa#421221 in 171
South Dakota#42431 in 143
Wyoming#48101 in 164
New Mexico#49191 in 211
Wisconsin#521261 in 188
Pennsylvania#563081 in 287
Maine#65211 in 295
District of Columbia#6691 in 356
Maryland#72321 in 401
New Jersey#72661 in 448
Massachusetts#74741 in 466
Vermont#7871 in 343
New York#812011 in 469
New Hampshire#8371 in 434
Connecticut#85211 in 568
Rhode Island#88111 in 476
Hawaii#9781 in 354
Delaware———
Nevada———

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 Roy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#541 → #525)
  • 47 spots since 2020 (#572 → #525)
  • 8 spots since 2015 (#533 → #525)
  • Biggest jump: 34 spots in 2013 (#558 → #524)
  • Biggest drop: 61 spots in 2009 (#496 → #557)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #18 (1,048 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 117 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 113
  • Highest: 1 in 113 boys born in 1897 were named Roy (0.89%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,997 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #18 in 1892, was only 1 in 116 (0.86%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Roy (65,648) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6,565#18 (1889)#26
1890s9,779#18 (1892)#19
1900s10,632#20 (1901)#23
1910s40,340#29 (1910)#32
1920s63,259#31 (1924)#33
1930s51,495#33 (1930)#39
1940s65,648#38 (1943)#43
1950s61,847#51 (1950)#61
1960s40,047#80 (1960)#91
1970s22,353#108 (1970)#127
1980s14,308#153 (1980)#186
1990s8,601#235 (1990)#318
2000s5,581#399 (2000)#464
2010s5,017#524 (2013)#544
2020s3,166#525 (2025)#554

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.

Roy in 1923

girls
#1,065
51 births · 1 in 23,654 girls
boys
#32
6,316 births · 1 in 174 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #1,065Roy51

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #32Roy6,316
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 23,654 of them was named Roy, which outranked 81.4% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roy
  1. #1,054Jessica52
  2. #1,054Leanna52
  3. #1,054Ula52
  4. #1,065Roy51
  5. #1,065Ardelle51
  6. #1,065Burnice51
  7. #1,065Ethyl51
  8. #1,076Aleen50
  9. #1,076Birtha50
  10. #1,076Dorine50

Tied with 10 names at #1,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 174 of them was named Roy, which outranked 99.3% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roy
  1. #29Clarence6,801
  2. #30Willie6,665
  3. #31Earl6,339
  4. #32Roy6,316
  5. #33Fred6,314
  6. #34Francis6,087
  7. #35Joe6,003
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923 →