Royce
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #499 for boys in 2025, 606 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 365 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,154since 1892
Royce 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 | #5,917 | 20 | #499 | 606 |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 | #461 | 670 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 | #445 | 699 |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | #414 | 778 |
| 2021 | #3,491 | 44 | #392 | 810 |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 | #406 | 730 |
| 2019 | #2,923 | 56 | #392 | 801 |
| 2018 | #2,419 | 74 | #436 | 693 |
| 2017 | #2,432 | 74 | #465 | 651 |
| 2016 | #2,761 | 62 | #462 | 661 |
| 2015 | #3,429 | 46 | #533 | 534 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 | #475 | 604 |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | #518 | 512 |
| 2012 | #3,583 | 44 | #492 | 543 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | #531 | 478 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #742 | 306 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #940 | 218 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #914 | 225 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #887 | 227 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #901 | 216 |
| 2005 | — | #911 | 194 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,075 | 148 | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,122 | 136 |
| 2002 | — | #1,098 | 133 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,095 | 130 | |
| 2000 | — | #880 | 179 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #926 | 158 |
| 1998 | — | #918 | 155 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #981 | 132 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #802 | 179 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #775 | 192 |
| 1994 | — | #750 | 196 | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #723 | 206 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #736 | 197 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #728 | 194 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #702 | 211 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #706 | 194 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #667 | 202 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #655 | 196 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #663 | 183 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #597 | 215 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #608 | 195 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #659 | 168 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #588 | 216 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #619 | 190 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #650 | 178 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #625 | 187 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #642 | 171 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #621 | 182 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #627 | 172 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #682 | 146 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #637 | 160 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #616 | 164 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #584 | 186 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #532 | 228 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #555 | 213 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #512 | 231 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #554 | 186 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #496 | 228 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #552 | 193 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | #513 | 220 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | #497 | 252 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #479 | 276 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | #467 | 291 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | #482 | 274 |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 | #460 | 300 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #437 | 337 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | #430 | 335 |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 | #426 | 328 |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 | #401 | 357 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | #373 | 375 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 | #369 | 364 |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 | #365 | 354 |
| 1952 | #1,540 | 39 | #358 | 362 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | #364 | 355 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 | #376 | 325 |
| 1949 | #1,409 | 43 | #372 | 328 |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 | #356 | 356 |
| 1947 | #1,525 | 38 | #358 | 361 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 | #344 | 354 |
| 1945 | #1,003 | 59 | #331 | 323 |
| 1944 | #1,062 | 54 | #324 | 347 |
| 1943 | #1,036 | 59 | #317 | 372 |
| 1942 | #1,180 | 45 | #338 | 323 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | #304 | 357 |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | #305 | 335 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 | #316 | 297 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 | #301 | 331 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #298 | 326 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | #299 | 318 |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 | #283 | 365 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #315 | 296 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 | #317 | 289 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #312 | 305 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #317 | 297 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #323 | 289 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #330 | 281 |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | #356 | 260 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | #371 | 249 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 | #374 | 243 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 | #403 | 221 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | #399 | 233 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #419 | 207 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #448 | 186 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #431 | 199 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #463 | 173 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #511 | 136 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #519 | 133 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #505 | 129 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #509 | 123 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #531 | 109 |
| 1914 | — | #569 | 77 | |
| 1913 | — | #681 | 44 | |
| 1912 | — | #700 | 37 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Royce! It came in at #861, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Royce is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maine#166 · 1 in 1,025
- Texas#204 · 1 in 1,054
- Oklahoma#219 · 1 in 1,532
- Kansas#246 · 1 in 2,175
- Wisconsin#252 · 1 in 3,058
Best ever in a state: #89 in Hawaii, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #166 | 6 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Texas | #204 | 54 | 1 in 1,054 |
| Oklahoma | #219 | 15 | 1 in 1,532 |
| Kansas | #246 | 7 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Wisconsin | #252 | 8 | 1 in 3,058 |
| Arkansas | #259 | 10 | 1 in 1,803 |
| Georgia | #274 | 12 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Mississippi | #276 | 9 | 1 in 2,294 |
| Michigan | #302 | 10 | 1 in 4,196 |
| North Carolina | #320 | 11 | 1 in 3,192 |
| Minnesota | #327 | 5 | 1 in 4,225 |
| Tennessee | #337 | 7 | 1 in 3,577 |
| Missouri | #340 | 7 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Kentucky | #424 | 6 | 1 in 4,435 |
| New York | #431 | 10 | 1 in 9,803 |
| Alabama | #433 | 6 | 1 in 4,716 |
| Pennsylvania | #440 | 8 | 1 in 11,005 |
| Ohio | #455 | 5 | 1 in 10,590 |
| California | #508 | 5 | 1 in 7,485 |
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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 Royce
- 38 spots since 2024 (#461 → #499)
- 93 spots since 2020 (#406 → #499)
- 34 spots since 2015 (#533 → #499)
- Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1911 (#981 → #644)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1910 (#756 → #981)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1935 at #283 (365 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1906–2000
- Highest: 1 in 2,160 boys born in 2021 were named Royce (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,819 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #283 in 1935, was only 1 in 2,853 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.4% of all boys named Royce (5,783) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 43 | #722 (1896) | #871 |
| 1900s | 77 | #734 (1903) | #862 |
| 1910s | 822 | #505 (1917) | #615 |
| 1920s | 2,252 | #330 (1929) | #399 |
| 1930s | 3,113 | #283 (1935) | #308 |
| 1940s | 3,456 | #304 (1941) | #335 |
| 1950s | 3,492 | #358 (1952) | #390 |
| 1960s | 2,451 | #460 (1960) | #501 |
| 1970s | 1,809 | #532 (1971) | #612 |
| 1980s | 1,937 | #588 (1982) | #641 |
| 1990s | 1,820 | #702 (1990) | #804 |
| 2000s | 1,806 | #880 (2000) | #982 |
| 2010s | 5,783 | #392 (2019) | #505 |
| 2020s | 4,293 | #392 (2021) | #436 |
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.
Royce in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 70,143 of them was named Royce, which outranked 61.3% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,095Willowdean18
- #2,095Wynema18
- #2,095Zelpha18
- #2,169Royce17
- #2,169Almira17
- #2,169Anice17
- #2,169Antonio17
- #2,256Adda16
- #2,256Alena16
- #2,256America16
Tied with 86 names at #2,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 4,526 of them was named Royce, which outranked 92.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.