Royston
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 252since 1916
Royston over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Royston has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Royston! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Royston is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Royston in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Royston
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 171 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #8,910)
- 166 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1950 at #2,770 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 126,685
- Highest: 1 in 126,685 boys born in 1918 were named Royston (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,770 in 1950, was only 1 in 223,783 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 23.4% of all boys named Royston (59) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 14 | #3,096 (1918) | #3,306 |
| 1920s | 57 | #3,208 (1920) | #3,688 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 6 | #3,370 (1947) | #3,370 |
| 1950s | 8 | #2,770 (1950) | #2,770 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 10 | #5,227 (1974) | #5,642 |
| 1980s | 28 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,338 |
| 1990s | 18 | #7,136 (1996) | #7,788 |
| 2000s | 22 | #10,894 (2003) | #11,341 |
| 2010s | 59 | #7,605 (2016) | #9,575 |
| 2020s | 30 | #8,739 (2020) | #9,282 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Royston ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: