Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Roy

#85 most common boys' name of all time · #176 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#85
Rank overall
#176 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
411,331
Since 2016
5,255
Peak year
1947 #48
Best rank
#18 1889
Girls Boys peak 7,592/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Roy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 570 570 #525
2024 — 553 553 #541
2023 — 526 526 #556
2022 5 509 514 #576
2021 — 521 521 #551
2020 — 487 487 #572
2019 — 494 494 #565
2018 — 520 520 #541
2017 — 531 531 #533
2016 — 539 539 #540
2015 7 534 541 #533
2014 — 525 525 #530
2013 — 508 508 #524
2012 — 466 466 #558
2011 — 443 443 #566
2010 — 457 457 #553
2009 — 473 473 #557
2008 — 552 552 #496
2007 — 536 536 #495
2006 — 599 599 #451
2005 — 531 531 #470
2004 — 543 543 #466
2003 — 570 570 #440
2002 — 566 566 #439
2001 — 573 573 #427
2000 — 638 638 #399
1999 — 638 638 #393
1998 — 655 655 #381
1997 — 749 749 #344
1996 — 719 719 #344
1995 — 732 732 #336
1994 — 863 863 #306
1993 — 897 897 #306
1992 — 992 992 #285
1991 — 1,129 1,129 #247
1990 — 1,227 1,227 #235
1989 11 1,258 1,269 #217
1988 11 1,164 1,175 #220
1987 17 1,263 1,280 #203
1986 10 1,283 1,293 #197
1985 17 1,379 1,396 #186
1984 18 1,383 1,401 #182
1983 16 1,456 1,472 #176
1982 11 1,617 1,628 #167
1981 14 1,726 1,740 #157
1980 22 1,779 1,801 #153
1979 16 1,753 1,769 #150
1978 17 1,795 1,812 #147
1977 26 1,913 1,939 #141
1976 14 1,871 1,885 #139
1975 15 2,121 2,136 #122
1974 18 2,187 2,205 #122
1973 16 2,236 2,252 #117
1972 16 2,476 2,492 #114
1971 18 2,960 2,978 #111
1970 15 3,041 3,056 #108
1969 20 3,001 3,021 #105
1968 30 3,177 3,207 #94
1967 27 3,276 3,303 #95
1966 23 3,522 3,545 #94
1965 18 3,785 3,803 #95
1964 31 4,149 4,180 #89
1963 23 4,440 4,463 #89
1962 29 4,476 4,505 #90
1961 29 4,966 4,995 #83
1960 31 5,255 5,286 #80
1959 35 5,183 5,218 #81
1958 30 5,525 5,555 #75
1957 33 6,063 6,096 #65
1956 22 6,133 6,155 #62
1955 47 6,331 6,378 #58
1954 34 6,513 6,547 #56
1953 32 6,655 6,687 #55
1952 32 6,524 6,556 #55
1951 38 6,466 6,504 #52
1950 32 6,454 6,486 #51
1949 29 6,622 6,651 #51
1948 28 7,067 7,095 #49
1947 32 7,560 7,592 #48
1946 37 6,925 6,962 #43
1945 26 6,183 6,209 #40
1944 36 6,533 6,569 #39
1943 51 6,932 6,983 #38
1942 45 6,311 6,356 #42
1941 38 5,950 5,988 #39
1940 37 5,565 5,602 #42
1939 27 5,156 5,183 #42
1938 23 5,041 5,064 #41
1937 30 4,890 4,920 #40
1936 31 4,815 4,846 #42
1935 28 4,939 4,967 #40
1934 41 5,104 5,145 #35
1933 49 4,906 4,955 #39
1932 36 5,238 5,274 #38
1931 60 5,489 5,549 #35
1930 56 5,917 5,973 #33
1929 67 5,812 5,879 #35
1928 49 6,229 6,278 #34
1927 69 6,387 6,456 #34
1926 53 6,224 6,277 #34
1925 53 6,376 6,429 #32
1924 46 6,557 6,603 #31
1923 51 6,316 6,367 #32
1922 61 6,458 6,519 #32
1921 49 6,545 6,594 #32
1920 46 6,355 6,401 #32
1919 44 5,970 6,014 #32
1918 44 6,211 6,255 #32
1917 38 5,586 5,624 #33
1916 37 5,327 5,364 #33
1915 43 5,052 5,095 #32
1914 21 3,852 3,873 #32
1913 17 3,090 3,107 #32
1912 18 2,591 2,609 #31
1911 18 1,394 1,412 #31
1910 9 1,267 1,276 #29
1909 8 1,135 1,143 #28
1908 7 1,097 1,104 #26
1907 13 1,128 1,141 #24
1906 9 1,024 1,033 #24
1905 9 1,016 1,025 #24
1904 12 1,123 1,135 #21
1903 — 975 975 #22
1902 10 1,002 1,012 #22
1901 8 917 925 #20
1900 6 1,215 1,221 #21
1899 7 912 919 #20
1898 10 1,049 1,059 #20
1897 9 999 1,008 #19
1896 — 1,027 1,027 #19
1895 10 1,028 1,038 #19
1894 11 1,018 1,029 #18
1893 6 919 925 #18
1892 5 1,048 1,053 #18
1891 11 838 849 #18
1890 11 941 952 #18
1889 6 888 894 #18
1888 9 856 865 #20
1887 7 726 733 #20
1886 5 767 772 #20
1885 5 691 696 #24
1884 — 680 680 #26
1883 — 556 556 #30
1882 — 521 521 #33
1881 — 440 440 #34
1880 — 440 440 #37