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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #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 2007

girls
#8,520
14 births · 1 in 137,330 girls
boys
#1,412
115 births · 1 in 18,047 boys

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #8,520Royal14

Top boys' names in 2007

  1. #1Jacob24,310
  2. #2Michael22,027
  3. #3Ethan21,041
  4. #4Joshua20,669
  5. #5Daniel20,268
  6. #6Christopher20,030
  7. #7Anthony19,639
  8. #8William18,898
  9. #9Matthew18,756
  10. #10Andrew18,461
  11. #1,412Royal115
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 137,330 of them was named Royal, which outranked 58.6% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Royal
  1. #8,098Ziyana15
  2. #8,098Ziyanna15
  3. #8,098Zyara15
  4. #8,520Royal14
  5. #8,520Aaminah14
  6. #8,520Aarohi14
  7. #8,520Abryana14
  8. #9,007Aamna13
  9. #9,007Abaigeal13
  10. #9,007Abri13

Tied with 486 names at #8,520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 16,568Jaslene#17,168 → #600
  2. ↑ 5,379Marely#6,125 → #746
  3. ↑ 2,556Audrina#3,264 → #708
  4. ↑ 2,506Jordin#3,090 → #584
  5. ↑ 1,358Azul#2,081 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 4,216Bethzy#881 → #5,097
  2. ↓ 346Akeelah#708 → #1,054
  3. ↓ 326Tayla#926 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 312Betsy#747 → #1,059
  5. ↓ 295Shakira#780 → #1,075

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

boys

2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 18,047 of them was named Royal, which outranked 90.2% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Royal
  1. #1,405Neal116
  2. #1,405Raheem116
  3. #1,405Tre116
  4. #1,412Royal115
  5. #1,412Adyn115
  6. #1,412Chevy115
  7. #1,412Eleazar115
  8. #1,423Ayush114
  9. #1,423Deanthony114
  10. #1,423Ladarius114

Tied with 10 names at #1,412; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,623Nery#3,524 → #901
  2. ↑ 813Dereon#1,738 → #925
  3. ↑ 572Kingston#926 → #354
  4. ↑ 411Kellan#1,294 → #883
  5. ↑ 410Kelan#1,387 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 503Imanol#985 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 373Bode#856 → #1,229
  3. ↓ 344Jordy#680 → #1,024
  4. ↓ 265Koen#859 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 261Korey#985 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 2007 →