Roya
- #2,368 for girls in 2025, 76 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,623since 1955
Roya over time
Rank among girls' names. Roya has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,368 | 76 |
| 2024 | #2,749 | 62 |
| 2023 | #2,442 | 73 |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 |
| 2020 | #3,450 | 44 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 |
| 2018 | #2,928 | 56 |
| 2017 | #3,091 | 52 |
| 2016 | #3,464 | 45 |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
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| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Roya! It came in at #5,828, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Roya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#617 · 1 in 2,886
- California#1,323 · 1 in 8,985
- Florida#1,685 · 1 in 12,395
Best ever in a state: #617 in Washington, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| California | #1,323 | 18 | 1 in 8,985 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Roya
- 381 spots since 2024 (#2,749 → #2,368)
- 1,082 spots since 2020 (#3,450 → #2,368)
- 886 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #2,368)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 2025 at #2,368 (76 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,148 girls born in 2025 were named Roya (0.00%)
- 24.2% of all girls named Roya (392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #4,300 (1959) | #5,410 |
| 1960s | 42 | #5,057 (1969) | #5,528 |
| 1970s | 99 | #3,668 (1979) | #6,081 |
| 1980s | 234 | #2,769 (1989) | #4,078 |
| 1990s | 275 | #3,078 (1990) | #4,048 |
| 2000s | 219 | #4,581 (2005) | #5,853 |
| 2010s | 392 | #2,928 (2018) | #4,300 |
| 2020s | 343 | #2,368 (2025) | #3,009 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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