Royce

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #499 for boys in 2025, 606 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#283
1935 · 365 births
Debut · boys
1892
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,154
since 1892

Royce over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #1,003, 1945peak #283, 1935girlsboys
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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#5,91720#499606
2024#4,29433#461670
2023#3,83339#445699
2022#4,20234#414778
2021#3,49144#392810
2020#2,54967#406730
2019#2,92356#392801
2018#2,41974#436693
2017#2,43274#465651
2016#2,76162#462661
2015#3,42946#533534
2014#3,58543#475604
2013#3,70341#518512
2012#3,58344#492543
2011#4,24434#531478
2010#7,88015#742306
2009#8,88813#940218
2008#12,5798#914225
2007#17,6365#887227
2006#15,1526#901216
2005—#911194
2004—#1,075148
2003#12,4087#1,122136
2002—#1,098133
2001—#1,095130
2000—#880179
1999#11,3857#926158
1998—#918155
1997#12,0706#981132
1996#10,5677#802179
1995#10,5147#775192
1994—#750196
1993#8,05210#723206
1992#13,3175#736197
1991#10,2717#728194
1990#9,2478#702211
1989#12,3625#706194
1988#5,59814#667202
1987#11,3255#655196
1986#8,5237#663183
1985#5,34813#597215
1984#9,1446#608195
1983#8,0477#659168
1982#7,4698#588216
1981#8,1287#619190
1980#5,91211#650178
1979#10,2105#625187
1978#6,3859#642171
1977#4,06917#621182
1976#6,6118#627172
1975#5,9849#682146
1974#5,7769#637160
1973#3,48118#616164
1972#4,52312#584186
1971#4,12314#532228
1970#4,03814#555213
1969#3,61915#512231
1968#2,96919#554186
1967#2,96318#496228
1966#3,04017#552193
1965#2,93818#513220
1964#2,19530#497252
1963#2,30627#479276
1962#2,81419#467291
1961#2,75220#482274
1960#1,95334#460300
1959#2,33924#437337
1958#1,90833#430335
1957#1,75438#426328
1956#1,36558#401357
1955#1,97829#373375
1954#1,70236#369364
1953#1,27658#365354
1952#1,54039#358362
1951#1,80529#364355
1950#1,39643#376325
1949#1,40943#372328
1948#1,57635#356356
1947#1,52538#358361
1946#1,25747#344354
1945#1,00359#331323
1944#1,06254#324347
1943#1,03659#317372
1942#1,18045#338323
1941#2,19015#304357
1940#1,31332#305335
1939#1,42427#316297
1938#1,23135#301331
1937#1,63022#298326
1936#1,50724#299318
1935#1,55023#283365
1934#1,77119#315296
1933#1,33029#317289
1932#1,87718#312305
1931#1,75020#317297
1930#2,20215#323289
1929#1,76621#330281
1928#1,46929#356260
1927#2,16917#371249
1926#1,77223#374243
1925#1,64726#403221
1924#2,21217#399233
1923#2,58713#419207
1922#3,3799#448186
1921#2,28216#431199
1920#2,46314#463173
1919#3,00510#511136
1918#2,51913#519133
1917#4,5945#505129
1916#3,9196#509123
1915#3,7956#531109
1914—#56977
1913—#68144
1912—#70037
1911—#64423
1910—#98111
1909—#75614
1908—#9469
1907—#9998
1906—#79810
1905—#1,0027
1904—#8748
1903—#73410
1902——
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1900—#78511
1899——
1898—#8857
1897—#8527
1896—#72210
1895—#8727
1894——
1893—#1,0355
1892—#8617
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five boys were named Royce! It came in at #861, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Royce
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#461 → #499)
  • 93 spots since 2020 (#406 → #499)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#533 → #499)
  • Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1911 (#981 → #644)
  • Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1910 (#756 → #981)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1935 at #283 (365 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 38 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 124 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1906–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,160
  • Highest: 1 in 2,160 boys born in 2021 were named Royce (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,819 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #283 in 1935, was only 1 in 2,853 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 17.4% of all boys named Royce (5,783) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s43#722 (1896)#871
1900s77#734 (1903)#862
1910s822#505 (1917)#615
1920s2,252#330 (1929)#399
1930s3,113#283 (1935)#308
1940s3,456#304 (1941)#335
1950s3,492#358 (1952)#390
1960s2,451#460 (1960)#501
1970s1,809#532 (1971)#612
1980s1,937#588 (1982)#641
1990s1,820#702 (1990)#804
2000s1,806#880 (2000)#982
2010s5,783#392 (2019)#505
2020s4,293#392 (2021)#436

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.

Royce in 1926

girls
#1,772
23 births · 1 in 51,539 girls
boys
#374
243 births · 1 in 4,570 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #1,772Royce23

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #374Royce243
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 51,539 of them was named Royce, which outranked 68.5% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Royce
  1. #1,721Warren24
  2. #1,721Wynema24
  3. #1,721Yolande24
  4. #1,772Royce23
  5. #1,772Alethia23
  6. #1,772Allegra23
  7. #1,772Ardeth23
  8. #1,830Alejandra22
  9. #1,830Alison22
  10. #1,830Almira22

Tied with 57 names at #1,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 4,570 of them was named Royce, which outranked 92.3% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Royce
  1. #371Sterling246
  2. #372Andy245
  3. #372Lavern245
  4. #374Royce243
  5. #374Elmo243
  6. #374Gregory243
  7. #377Miles242
  8. #378Jess239
  9. #379Dudley237

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →