NameTides

Royalty

Royalty was the #782 girls' name in the US in 2025 (347 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales.

Royalty as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Royalty 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Royalty 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#782 (347)#2,138 (13)—
2024#712 (394)#2,116 (13)—
2023#562 (532)#2,928 (8)#3,290 (5)
2022#428 (740)#2,889 (8)#2,835 (6)
2021#386 (810)#3,519 (6)#2,893 (6)
2020#391 (794)#3,447 (6)#1,877 (11)
2019#339 (937)#2,643 (9)#2,025 (10)
2018#370 (850)#3,985 (5)#2,344 (8)
2017#420 (757)#3,583 (6)#3,307 (5)
2016#534 (584)—#3,294 (5)
2015#1,146 (221)——
2014#2,739 (63)——
2013#3,513 (44)——
2012#4,957 (28)——
2011#5,063 (27)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #339.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2001.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Royalty were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 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 4,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Royalty is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 7,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Royalty by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #504OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,323CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #418GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #780TXFlorida: #598FL
Royalty (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RoyaltyCanadaGirls—too few
RoyaltyEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
RoyaltyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RoyaltyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RoyaltyUSGirls#782347
RoyaltyUSBoys#3,84828