NameTides

Roya

Roya was the #2,368 girls' name in the US in 2025 (76 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Roya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Roya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Roya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,368 (76)#1,512 (20)—#1,429 (17)
2024#2,749 (62)#1,406 (23)—#1,833 (12)
2023#2,442 (73)#1,863 (15)—#1,898 (11)
2022#3,365 (47)#2,325 (11)—#1,854 (11)
2021#3,678 (41)#1,962 (14)—#2,377 (8)
2020#3,450 (44)#2,042 (13)—#1,557 (14)
2019#3,043 (53)#1,497 (20)—#1,683 (13)
2018#2,928 (56)#2,187 (12)—#1,996 (10)
2017#3,091 (52)#1,628 (19)—#1,506 (15)
2016#3,464 (45)#1,472 (22)—#2,383 (8)
2015#3,254 (50)#1,649 (18)#896 (3)#2,179 (9)
2014#3,272 (49)#2,659 (9)—#1,901 (11)
2013#5,644 (23)#2,460 (10)—#2,204 (9)
2012#6,576 (19)#2,717 (9)—#3,334 (5)
2011#5,543 (24)#2,636 (9)—#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,368.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1955.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Roya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Roya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,323CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,685FL
Roya (girls) 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
Quebec2025#7745
Ontario2024#1,4107

Roya (girls): 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
RoyaCanadaGirls#1,42917
RoyaEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
RoyaIrelandGirls—too few
RoyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RoyaUSGirls#2,36876