Royal

#1,652 for girls in 2025, 125 births · #476 for boys in 2025, 640 births
Given to boys 82.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#274
1889 · 37 births
Debut · boys
1880
26 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,072
since 1880

Royal over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #626, 2016peak #274, 1889girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,652125#476640
2024#1,217194#424745
2023#987259#401795
2022#863322#369880
2021#837329#369888
2020#772352#405740
2019#789351#458653
2018#798341#479610
2017#693418#502577
2016#626477#461662
2015#740380#465648
2014#1,023255#570489
2013#2,87059#886235
2012#4,48632#1,015194
2011#4,15135#1,193148
2010#6,90418#1,219145
2009#5,53725#1,390122
2008#8,52914#1,482110
2007#8,52014#1,412115
2006#10,61110#1,82375
2005#14,5026#1,86968
2004#7,82814#1,97461
2003#12,4087#2,10253
2002#10,2469#2,04653
2001#12,0567#1,91257
2000#8,53411#2,01550
1999#10,3458#1,96649
1998#9,2609#1,87152
1997#12,0706#1,93347
1996#7,57411#1,84249
1995#10,5147#1,98842
1994#8,8049#1,71652
1993#7,49811#1,72150
1992#10,4797#1,88443
1991#9,3368#1,61552
1990#7,88010#1,37066
1989#10,8476#1,73344
1988#10,3866#1,40455
1987#11,3255#1,63642
1986—#1,43948
1985#10,6775#1,33352
1984#7,3988#1,50741
1983#9,0156#1,19058
1982—#1,25455
1981#6,8049#1,33449
1980#5,54412#1,29152
1979#8,0617#1,22156
1978#8,5626#1,13460
1977#8,4446#1,22152
1976#6,6118#1,23849
1975—#1,25846
1974—#1,18249
1973—#1,16350
1972#7,2926#1,05059
1971—#99067
1970—#93173
1969—#95964
1968—#1,05749
1967—#87567
1966—#88866
1965#6,5395#83178
1964—#86078
1963—#89969
1962—#85079
1961—#80390
1960—#78295
1959—#80191
1958#4,8907#94465
1957—#750100
1956—#669130
1955#5,2086#715104
1954#5,7535#688110
1953—#654118
1952—#681104
1951—#601134
1950—#661112
1949—#601129
1948#5,2435#602126
1947#4,7646#541154
1946#3,9947#586120
1945#4,0256#497144
1944—#524135
1943—#572122
1942—#552124
1941—#571108
1940—#513127
1939—#539112
1938—#502134
1937#4,2555#503131
1936—#500128
1935—#520123
1934—#517127
1933#3,4067#461145
1932—#470149
1931#2,75010#463148
1930—#470158
1929#4,5705#399212
1928#3,4368#443182
1927—#432196
1926—#452181
1925—#424200
1924—#418214
1923—#396226
1922—#400228
1921—#446191
1920—#422200
1919—#409202
1918—#399223
1917—#413186
1916—#427174
1915—#432157
1914—#429125
1913—#45191
1912—#384100
1911—#48936
1910—#39644
1909—#37141
1908—#37438
1907—#43928
1906—#33538
1905—#38430
1904—#36830
1903—#36028
1902—#35531
1901—#39423
1900—#45525
1899—#33628
1898—#38526
1897—#42220
1896—#38026
1895—#32632
1894—#38723
1893—#28338
1892—#27942
1891—#28333
1890—#31231
1889—#27437
1888—#28440
1887—#33324
1886—#40319
1885—#31828
1884—#30632
1883—#37121
1882—#33227
1881—#37520
1880—#33426
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Royal was already there! It came in at #334, and was given to 26 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 29 boys a year got the name.

See more about Royal
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 52 spots since 2024 (#424 → #476)
  • 71 spots since 2020 (#405 → #476)
  • 11 spots since 2015 (#465 → #476)
  • Biggest jump: 316 spots in 2014 (#886 → #570)
  • Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1958 (#750 → #944)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #274 (37 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 104 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,970
  • Highest: 1 in 1,970 boys born in 2021 were named Royal (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,669 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #274 in 1889, was only 1 in 2,989 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Royal (4,688) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s274#274 (1889)#333
1890s299#279 (1892)#339
1900s312#335 (1906)#384
1910s1,338#384 (1912)#423
1920s2,030#396 (1923)#423
1930s1,355#461 (1933)#495
1940s1,289#497 (1945)#556
1950s1,068#601 (1951)#716
1960s735#782 (1960)#880
1970s561#931 (1970)#1,139
1980s496#1,190 (1983)#1,412
1990s502#1,370 (1990)#1,791
2000s764#1,390 (2009)#1,803
2010s4,361#458 (2019)#725
2020s4,688#369 (2021)#407

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.

Royal in 1979

girls
#8,061
7 births · 1 in 229,324 girls
boys
#1,221
56 births · 1 in 30,742 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #8,061Royal7

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #1,221Royal56
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 229,324 of them was named Royal, which outranked 32.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Royal
  1. #7,313Zarifa8
  2. #7,313Zarina8
  3. #7,313Zoey8
  4. #8,061Royal7
  5. #8,061Abena7
  6. #8,061Addi7
  7. #8,061Afia7
  8. #9,010Aarica6
  9. #9,010Aba6
  10. #9,010Abel6

Tied with 948 names at #8,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 30,742 of them was named Royal, which outranked 82.7% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Royal
  1. #1,206Shedrick57
  2. #1,206Stevan57
  3. #1,206Wes57
  4. #1,221Royal56
  5. #1,221Abelardo56
  6. #1,221Adrien56
  7. #1,221Alexandro56
  8. #1,241Bartholomew55
  9. #1,241Cade55
  10. #1,241Che55

Tied with 19 names at #1,221; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,228Tyrel#2,134 → #906
  2. ↑ 471Jace#1,186 → #715
  3. ↑ 387Chaz#1,371 → #984
  4. ↑ 311Tyrell#1,051 → #740
  5. ↑ 308Frederic#1,203 → #895
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,230Dequan#927 → #2,157
  2. ↓ 641Rahsaan#869 → #1,510
  3. ↓ 446Chip#989 → #1,435
  4. ↓ 308Rashaun#996 → #1,304
  5. ↓ 307Kenya#749 → #1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979 →