NameTides

Royce

Royce was the #499 boys' name in the US in 2025 (606 babies), and #1,307 in England & Wales and #651 in Canada.

Royce as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Royce as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Royce as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#499 (606)#1,307 (21)———#651 (43)
2024#461 (670)#2,089 (11)—#404 (3)—#648 (42)
2023#445 (699)#1,108 (26)———#665 (39)
2022#414 (778)#1,534 (16)—#414 (3)—#516 (54)
2021#392 (810)#2,125 (10)——#755 (3)#557 (51)
2020#406 (730)#1,192 (22)———#540 (48)
2019#392 (801)#2,104 (10)———#527 (53)
2018#436 (693)#1,875 (12)———#712 (35)
2017#465 (651)#2,052 (11)———#587 (45)
2016#462 (661)#1,627 (15)———#646 (41)
2015#533 (534)#2,707 (7)#686 (3)——#602 (44)
2014#475 (604)#2,248 (9)———#610 (44)
2013#518 (512)#2,055 (10)———#640 (40)
2012#492 (543)#3,987 (4)———#662 (37)
2011#531 (478)#4,647 (3)———#634 (39)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #392.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1892.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Royce is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Royce by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #246IAIndiana: #412INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #472CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #512NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #430TXFlorida: #384FL
Royce (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#63618

Royce (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
RoyceCanadaBoys#65143
RoyceEngland & WalesBoys#1,30721
RoyceIrelandBoys—too few
RoyceNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RoyceScotlandBoys—too few
RoyceUSGirls#5,91720
RoyceUSBoys#499606