NameTides

Royal

Royal was the #476 boys' name in the US in 2025 (640 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,127 in Canada.

Royal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Royal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Royal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#476 (640)#2,014 (12)#1,127 (22)
2024#424 (745)#1,952 (12)#1,156 (20)
2023#401 (795)#2,161 (10)#1,079 (21)
2022#369 (880)#2,321 (9)#1,178 (18)
2021#369 (888)#2,493 (8)#1,406 (14)
2020#405 (740)#2,076 (10)#1,708 (10)
2019#458 (653)#2,266 (9)#1,448 (13)
2018#479 (610)#3,011 (6)#1,983 (8)
2017#502 (577)#2,512 (8)#1,194 (17)
2016#461 (662)#2,335 (9)#1,487 (12)
2015#465 (648)#3,908 (4)#2,715 (5)
2014#570 (489)#2,964 (6)#2,133 (7)
2013#886 (235)#4,685 (3)#2,086 (7)
2012#1,015 (194)—#1,971 (8)
2011#1,193 (148)—#2,125 (7)

Royal as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Royal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Royal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,652 (125)——
2024#1,217 (194)#3,016 (8)—
2023#987 (259)#5,688 (3)#2,203 (9)
2022#863 (322)#3,971 (5)#1,854 (11)
2021#837 (329)#4,634 (4)#2,021 (10)
2020#772 (352)#5,493 (3)#3,251 (5)
2019#789 (351)—#2,374 (8)
2018#798 (341)#3,178 (7)—
2017#693 (418)—#2,876 (6)
2016#626 (477)#5,785 (3)—
2015#740 (380)—#3,286 (5)
2014#1,023 (255)—#2,617 (7)
2013#2,870 (59)——
2012#4,486 (32)——
2011#4,151 (35)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #369.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 16% of US babies named Royal were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 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 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Royal is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Royal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #374WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #433ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #513NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #438ORNevada: #299NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #395INOhio: #439OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #643CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #300MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #412AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #326NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #311OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #252GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #510TXFlorida: #443FL
Royal (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#1,2178

Royal (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
RoyalCanadaGirls—too few
RoyalCanadaBoys#1,12722
RoyalEngland & WalesGirls—too few
RoyalEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
RoyalUSGirls#1,652125
RoyalUSBoys#476640