Royalty
- #782 for girls in 2025, 347 births
- #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
- Given to girls 93.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 937 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,225since 2001
Royalty over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #782 | 347 | #3,848 | 28 |
| 2024 | #712 | 394 | #3,394 | 34 |
| 2023 | #562 | 532 | #3,005 | 41 |
| 2022 | #428 | 740 | #2,793 | 46 |
| 2021 | #386 | 810 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #391 | 794 | #2,617 | 48 |
| 2019 | #339 | 937 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #370 | 850 | #2,445 | 53 |
| 2017 | #420 | 757 | #2,798 | 43 |
| 2016 | #534 | 584 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 2015 | #1,146 | 221 | #3,513 | 31 |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
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| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
2001
The first year at least five girls were named Royalty! It came in at #13,521, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2002–2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Royalty is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#301 · 1 in 989
- Alabama#318 · 1 in 1,221
- Georgia#418 · 1 in 1,674
- Virginia#433 · 1 in 1,875
- Maryland#459 · 1 in 1,817
Best ever in a state: #68 in Mississippi, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #301 | 9 | 1 in 989 |
| Alabama | #318 | 15 | 1 in 1,221 |
| Georgia | #418 | 27 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Virginia | #433 | 18 | 1 in 1,875 |
| Maryland | #459 | 11 | 1 in 1,817 |
| Louisiana | #477 | 9 | 1 in 1,819 |
| North Carolina | #489 | 22 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Ohio | #504 | 21 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Nevada | #508 | 5 | 1 in 1,840 |
| Florida | #598 | 29 | 1 in 2,992 |
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Illinois | #619 | 15 | 1 in 2,955 |
| Michigan | #690 | 11 | 1 in 3,248 |
| Texas | #780 | 38 | 1 in 4,225 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Tennessee | #813 | 8 | 1 in 4,009 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| New Jersey | #846 | 8 | 1 in 4,438 |
| Missouri | #926 | 5 | 1 in 4,860 |
| New York | #980 | 15 | 1 in 5,222 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| California | #1,323 | 18 | 1 in 8,985 |
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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 Royalty
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 391 spots since 2020 (#391 → #782)
- 364 spots since 2015 (#1,146 → #782)
- Biggest jump: 612 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 150 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2001
- Peaked 2019 at #339 (937 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,791
- Highest: 1 in 1,791 girls born in 2019 were named Royalty (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,632 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 50.1% of all girls named Royalty (3,617) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74 | #6,811 (2009) | #9,670 |
| 2010s | 3,534 | #339 (2019) | #2,485 |
| 2020s | 3,617 | #386 (2021) | #544 |
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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