Royal
#1,652 for girls in 2025, 125 births · #476 for boys in 2025, 640 births
Given to boys 82.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 26 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,072since 1880
Royal 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 | #1,652 | 125 | #476 | 640 |
| 2024 | #1,217 | 194 | #424 | 745 |
| 2023 | #987 | 259 | #401 | 795 |
| 2022 | #863 | 322 | #369 | 880 |
| 2021 | #837 | 329 | #369 | 888 |
| 2020 | #772 | 352 | #405 | 740 |
| 2019 | #789 | 351 | #458 | 653 |
| 2018 | #798 | 341 | #479 | 610 |
| 2017 | #693 | 418 | #502 | 577 |
| 2016 | #626 | 477 | #461 | 662 |
| 2015 | #740 | 380 | #465 | 648 |
| 2014 | #1,023 | 255 | #570 | 489 |
| 2013 | #2,870 | 59 | #886 | 235 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #1,015 | 194 |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 | #1,193 | 148 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #1,219 | 145 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #1,390 | 122 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #1,482 | 110 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #1,412 | 115 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,823 | 75 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,869 | 68 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #1,974 | 61 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #2,102 | 53 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #2,046 | 53 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,912 | 57 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #2,015 | 50 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,966 | 49 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #1,871 | 52 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,933 | 47 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #1,842 | 49 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,988 | 42 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #1,716 | 52 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #1,721 | 50 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #1,884 | 43 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,615 | 52 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #1,370 | 66 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,404 | 55 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,636 | 42 |
| 1986 | — | #1,439 | 48 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #1,507 | 41 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #1,190 | 58 |
| 1982 | — | #1,254 | 55 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,334 | 49 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #1,291 | 52 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,221 | 56 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,134 | 60 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,221 | 52 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | — | #1,258 | 46 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,182 | 49 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,050 | 59 |
| 1971 | — | #990 | 67 | |
| 1970 | — | #931 | 73 | |
| 1969 | — | #959 | 64 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,057 | 49 | |
| 1967 | — | #875 | 67 | |
| 1966 | — | #888 | 66 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #831 | 78 |
| 1964 | — | #860 | 78 | |
| 1963 | — | #899 | 69 | |
| 1962 | — | #850 | 79 | |
| 1961 | — | #803 | 90 | |
| 1960 | — | #782 | 95 | |
| 1959 | — | #801 | 91 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #944 | 65 |
| 1957 | — | #750 | 100 | |
| 1956 | — | #669 | 130 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #715 | 104 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #688 | 110 |
| 1953 | — | #654 | 118 | |
| 1952 | — | #681 | 104 | |
| 1951 | — | #601 | 134 | |
| 1950 | — | #661 | 112 | |
| 1949 | — | #601 | 129 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #602 | 126 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #541 | 154 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #586 | 120 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #497 | 144 |
| 1944 | — | #524 | 135 | |
| 1943 | — | #572 | 122 | |
| 1942 | — | #552 | 124 | |
| 1941 | — | #571 | 108 | |
| 1940 | — | #513 | 127 | |
| 1939 | — | #539 | 112 | |
| 1938 | — | #502 | 134 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #503 | 131 |
| 1936 | — | #500 | 128 | |
| 1935 | — | #520 | 123 | |
| 1934 | — | #517 | 127 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #461 | 145 |
| 1932 | — | #470 | 149 | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #463 | 148 |
| 1930 | — | #470 | 158 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #399 | 212 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #443 | 182 |
| 1927 | — | #432 | 196 | |
| 1926 | — | #452 | 181 | |
| 1925 | — | #424 | 200 | |
| 1924 | — | #418 | 214 | |
| 1923 | — | #396 | 226 | |
| 1922 | — | #400 | 228 | |
| 1921 | — | #446 | 191 | |
| 1920 | — | #422 | 200 | |
| 1919 | — | #409 | 202 | |
| 1918 | — | #399 | 223 | |
| 1917 | — | #413 | 186 | |
| 1916 | — | #427 | 174 | |
| 1915 | — | #432 | 157 | |
| 1914 | — | #429 | 125 | |
| 1913 | — | #451 | 91 | |
| 1912 | — | #384 | 100 | |
| 1911 | — | #489 | 36 | |
| 1910 | — | #396 | 44 | |
| 1909 | — | #371 | 41 | |
| 1908 | — | #374 | 38 | |
| 1907 | — | #439 | 28 | |
| 1906 | — | #335 | 38 | |
| 1905 | — | #384 | 30 | |
| 1904 | — | #368 | 30 | |
| 1903 | — | #360 | 28 | |
| 1902 | — | #355 | 31 | |
| 1901 | — | #394 | 23 | |
| 1900 | — | #455 | 25 | |
| 1899 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1898 | — | #385 | 26 | |
| 1897 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1896 | — | #380 | 26 | |
| 1895 | — | #326 | 32 | |
| 1894 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1893 | — | #283 | 38 | |
| 1892 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1891 | — | #283 | 33 | |
| 1890 | — | #312 | 31 | |
| 1889 | — | #274 | 37 | |
| 1888 | — | #284 | 40 | |
| 1887 | — | #333 | 24 | |
| 1886 | — | #403 | 19 | |
| 1885 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1884 | — | #306 | 32 | |
| 1883 | — | #371 | 21 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #334 | 26 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #274 (37 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1967
- 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
- 23.4% of all boys named Royal (4,688) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 274 | #274 (1889) | #333 |
| 1890s | 299 | #279 (1892) | #339 |
| 1900s | 312 | #335 (1906) | #384 |
| 1910s | 1,338 | #384 (1912) | #423 |
| 1920s | 2,030 | #396 (1923) | #423 |
| 1930s | 1,355 | #461 (1933) | #495 |
| 1940s | 1,289 | #497 (1945) | #556 |
| 1950s | 1,068 | #601 (1951) | #716 |
| 1960s | 735 | #782 (1960) | #880 |
| 1970s | 561 | #931 (1970) | #1,139 |
| 1980s | 496 | #1,190 (1983) | #1,412 |
| 1990s | 502 | #1,370 (1990) | #1,791 |
| 2000s | 764 | #1,390 (2009) | #1,803 |
| 2010s | 4,361 | #458 (2019) | #725 |
| 2020s | 4,688 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 3,715 of them was named Royal, which outranked 96.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 2,867 of them was named Royal, which outranked 96.8% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.