Royale
#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to girls 57.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 72 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 930since 1977
Royale over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,661 | 29 | #4,396 | 23 |
| 2024 | #3,176 | 50 | #3,161 | 38 |
| 2023 | #3,091 | 53 | #2,693 | 48 |
| 2022 | #2,995 | 55 | #2,493 | 55 |
| 2021 | #2,818 | 60 | #2,439 | 55 |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 | #2,658 | 47 |
| 2019 | #2,632 | 66 | #2,993 | 40 |
| 2018 | #2,457 | 72 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #3,091 | 52 | #3,440 | 32 |
| 2016 | #2,594 | 68 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 2015 | #2,524 | 71 | #3,231 | 35 |
| 2014 | #3,112 | 53 | #3,787 | 27 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #6,904 | 11 |
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| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
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| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Royale! It came in at #8,444, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Royale is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#860 · 1 in 3,917
- New York#2,175 · 1 in 17,338
- Texas#2,499 · 1 in 22,702
- California#2,610 · 1 in 27,068
Best ever in a state: #648 in Louisiana, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #860 | 5 | 1 in 3,917 |
| New York | #2,175 | 5 | 1 in 17,338 |
| Texas | #2,499 | 7 | 1 in 22,702 |
| California | #2,610 | 7 | 1 in 27,068 |
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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 Royale
- 1,485 spots since 2024 (#3,176 → #4,661)
- 1,695 spots since 2020 (#2,966 → #4,661)
- 2,137 spots since 2015 (#2,524 → #4,661)
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2018 at #2,457 (72 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,626 girls born in 2018 were named Royale (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 55,423 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 47.7% of all girls named Royale (444) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #8,444 (1977) | #8,672 |
| 1980s | 24 | #8,047 (1983) | #9,758 |
| 1990s | 92 | #5,955 (1993) | #9,388 |
| 2000s | 51 | #10,084 (2008) | #11,582 |
| 2010s | 444 | #2,457 (2018) | #4,803 |
| 2020s | 301 | #2,818 (2021) | #3,285 |
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.
Royale in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 23,626 of them was named Royale, which outranked 86.5% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,438Rayah73
- #2,438Rooney73
- #2,438Sunshine73
- #2,457Royale72
- #2,457Avarie72
- #2,457Avayah72
- #2,457Berenice72
- #2,478Abrianna71
- #2,478Adria71
- #2,478Adyson71
Tied with 20 names at #2,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 51,890 of them was named Royale, which outranked 77.1% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,171Yadier36
- #3,171Yanis36
- #3,171Zein36
- #3,240Royale35
- #3,240Abdoulaye35
- #3,240Able35
- #3,240Abrar35
- #3,301Aero34
- #3,301Aiven34
- #3,301Alakai34
Tied with 60 names at #3,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.