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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

girls
#6,904
18 births · 1 in 98,755 girls
boys
#1,219
145 births · 1 in 13,232 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #6,904Royal18

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #1,219Royal145
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 98,755 of them was named Royal, which outranked 65.2% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Royal
  1. #6,641Zariana19
  2. #6,641Zenobia19
  3. #6,641Zeva19
  4. #6,904Royal18
  5. #6,904Aamina18
  6. #6,904Aanika18
  7. #6,904Abagale18
  8. #7,217Aailyah17
  9. #7,217Aarohi17
  10. #7,217Aashritha17

Tied with 312 names at #6,904; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 13,232 of them was named Royal, which outranked 91.5% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Royal
  1. #1,214Jakari146
  2. #1,214Taven146
  3. #1,214Viktor146
  4. #1,219Royal145
  5. #1,219Ayan145
  6. #1,219Dewayne145
  7. #1,219Jael145
  8. #1,228Dereck144
  9. #1,228Lenny144
  10. #1,228Leyton144

Tied with 8 names at #1,219; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →