NameTides

Roy

Roy was the #525 boys' name in the US in 2025 (570 babies), and #728 in England & Wales and #445 in Canada.

Roy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Roy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesIreland
Roy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#525 (570)#728 (48)——#829 (3)#445 (72)—
2024#541 (553)#800 (41)#619 (4)—#520 (6)#507 (57)—
2023#556 (526)#942 (32)#614 (4)—#472 (7)#592 (45)—
2022#576 (509)#844 (37)#590 (4)—#572 (5)#458 (61)—
2021#551 (521)#907 (33)———#403 (74)—
2020#572 (487)#1,150 (23)——#459 (7)#540 (48)—
2019#565 (494)#1,030 (27)#701 (3)—#564 (5)#516 (54)—
2018#541 (520)#1,132 (24)#704 (3)—#520 (6)#591 (45)—
2017#533 (531)#818 (39)——#610 (4)#440 (66)—
2016#540 (539)#1,187 (23)#707 (3)—#601 (4)#576 (47)—
2015#533 (534)#1,024 (28)#588 (4)——#588 (45)—
2014#530 (525)#1,035 (27)——#382 (10)#575 (47)—
2013#524 (508)#1,404 (17)——#422 (8)#685 (36)—
2012#558 (466)#1,270 (20)#500 (5)—#500 (6)#750 (31)—
2011#566 (443)#1,158 (22)——#540 (5)#676 (36)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1897 at #19.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,600uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Roy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Roy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #403WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: #149MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #472NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #442PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #472CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #485TXFlorida: #531FL
Roy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#42929
Quebec2025#6236

Roy (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RoyCanadaBoys#44572
RoyEngland & WalesBoys#72848
RoyIrelandBoys#8293
RoyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RoyNSWBoys—too few
RoyScotlandBoys—too few
RoyUSGirls—too few
RoyUSBoys#525570