Royal*
#745 most common boys' name of all time · #1,674 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#745
Rank overall
#1,674 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
24,394
Since 2016
10,358
Peak year
2021 #369
Best rank
#279 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 1,217/yr
Royal 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | 640 | 765 | #476 |
| 2024 | 194 | 745 | 939 | #424 |
| 2023 | 259 | 795 | 1,054 | #401 |
| 2022 | 322 | 880 | 1,202 | #369 |
| 2021 | 329 | 888 | 1,217 | #369 |
| 2020 | 352 | 740 | 1,092 | #405 |
| 2019 | 351 | 653 | 1,004 | #458 |
| 2018 | 341 | 610 | 951 | #480 |
| 2017 | 418 | 577 | 995 | #503 |
| 2016 | 477 | 662 | 1,139 | #461 |
| 2015 | 380 | 648 | 1,028 | #466 |
| 2014 | 255 | 489 | 744 | #570 |
| 2013 | 59 | 235 | 294 | #886 |
| 2012 | 32 | 194 | 226 | #1,016 |
| 2011 | 35 | 148 | 183 | #1,193 |
| 2010 | 18 | 145 | 163 | #1,219 |
| 2009 | 25 | 122 | 147 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 14 | 110 | 124 | #1,483 |
| 2007 | 14 | 115 | 129 | #1,414 |
| 2006 | 10 | 75 | 85 | #1,823 |
| 2005 | 6 | 68 | 74 | #1,870 |
| 2004 | 14 | 61 | 75 | #1,974 |
| 2003 | 7 | 53 | 60 | #2,102 |
| 2002 | 9 | 53 | 62 | #2,046 |
| 2001 | 7 | 57 | 64 | #1,912 |
| 2000 | 11 | 50 | 61 | #2,017 |
| 1999 | 8 | 49 | 57 | #1,967 |
| 1998 | 9 | 52 | 61 | #1,872 |
| 1997 | 6 | 47 | 53 | #1,935 |
| 1996 | 11 | 49 | 60 | #1,844 |
| 1995 | 7 | 42 | 49 | #1,990 |
| 1994 | 9 | 52 | 61 | #1,718 |
| 1993 | 11 | 50 | 61 | #1,722 |
| 1992 | 7 | 43 | 50 | #1,885 |
| 1991 | 8 | 52 | 60 | #1,615 |
| 1990 | 10 | 66 | 76 | #1,372 |
| 1989 | 6 | 44 | 50 | #1,736 |
| 1988 | 6 | 55 | 61 | #1,404 |
| 1987 | 5 | 42 | 47 | #1,637 |
| 1986 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,439 |
| 1985 | 5 | 52 | 57 | #1,336 |
| 1984 | 8 | 41 | 49 | #1,507 |
| 1983 | 6 | 58 | 64 | #1,190 |
| 1982 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,255 |
| 1981 | 9 | 49 | 58 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 12 | 52 | 64 | #1,292 |
| 1979 | 7 | 56 | 63 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 6 | 60 | 66 | #1,136 |
| 1977 | 6 | 52 | 58 | #1,224 |
| 1976 | 8 | 49 | 57 | #1,239 |
| 1975 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,260 |
| 1974 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,185 |
| 1973 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,164 |
| 1972 | 6 | 59 | 65 | #1,050 |
| 1971 | — | 67 | 67 | #992 |
| 1970 | — | 73 | 73 | #932 |
| 1969 | — | 64 | 64 | #959 |
| 1968 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,058 |
| 1967 | — | 67 | 67 | #877 |
| 1966 | — | 66 | 66 | #888 |
| 1965 | 5 | 78 | 83 | #831 |
| 1964 | — | 78 | 78 | #860 |
| 1963 | — | 69 | 69 | #902 |
| 1962 | — | 79 | 79 | #850 |
| 1961 | — | 90 | 90 | #804 |
| 1960 | — | 95 | 95 | #784 |
| 1959 | — | 91 | 91 | #803 |
| 1958 | 7 | 65 | 72 | #944 |
| 1957 | — | 100 | 100 | #751 |
| 1956 | — | 130 | 130 | #670 |
| 1955 | 6 | 104 | 110 | #718 |
| 1954 | 5 | 110 | 115 | #688 |
| 1953 | — | 118 | 118 | #655 |
| 1952 | — | 104 | 104 | #683 |
| 1951 | — | 134 | 134 | #603 |
| 1950 | — | 112 | 112 | #661 |
| 1949 | — | 129 | 129 | #601 |
| 1948 | 5 | 126 | 131 | #603 |
| 1947 | 6 | 154 | 160 | #541 |
| 1946 | 7 | 120 | 127 | #587 |
| 1945 | 6 | 144 | 150 | #497 |
| 1944 | — | 135 | 135 | #525 |
| 1943 | — | 122 | 122 | #572 |
| 1942 | — | 124 | 124 | #552 |
| 1941 | — | 108 | 108 | #571 |
| 1940 | — | 127 | 127 | #514 |
| 1939 | — | 112 | 112 | #539 |
| 1938 | — | 134 | 134 | #502 |
| 1937 | 5 | 131 | 136 | #503 |
| 1936 | — | 128 | 128 | #501 |
| 1935 | — | 123 | 123 | #520 |
| 1934 | — | 127 | 127 | #518 |
| 1933 | 7 | 145 | 152 | #463 |
| 1932 | — | 149 | 149 | #471 |
| 1931 | 10 | 148 | 158 | #464 |
| 1930 | — | 158 | 158 | #470 |
| 1929 | 5 | 212 | 217 | #399 |
| 1928 | 8 | 182 | 190 | #443 |
| 1927 | — | 196 | 196 | #432 |
| 1926 | — | 181 | 181 | #452 |
| 1925 | — | 200 | 200 | #424 |
| 1924 | — | 214 | 214 | #418 |
| 1923 | — | 226 | 226 | #396 |
| 1922 | — | 228 | 228 | #400 |
| 1921 | — | 191 | 191 | #446 |
| 1920 | — | 200 | 200 | #422 |
| 1919 | — | 202 | 202 | #410 |
| 1918 | — | 223 | 223 | #399 |
| 1917 | — | 186 | 186 | #413 |
| 1916 | — | 174 | 174 | #427 |
| 1915 | — | 157 | 157 | #434 |
| 1914 | — | 125 | 125 | #430 |
| 1913 | — | 91 | 91 | #454 |
| 1912 | — | 100 | 100 | #384 |
| 1911 | — | 36 | 36 | #490 |
| 1910 | — | 44 | 44 | #400 |
| 1909 | — | 41 | 41 | #373 |
| 1908 | — | 38 | 38 | #377 |
| 1907 | — | 28 | 28 | #440 |
| 1906 | — | 38 | 38 | #337 |
| 1905 | — | 30 | 30 | #387 |
| 1904 | — | 30 | 30 | #372 |
| 1903 | — | 28 | 28 | #361 |
| 1902 | — | 31 | 31 | #357 |
| 1901 | — | 23 | 23 | #394 |
| 1900 | — | 25 | 25 | #459 |
| 1899 | — | 28 | 28 | #341 |
| 1898 | — | 26 | 26 | #387 |
| 1897 | — | 20 | 20 | #430 |
| 1896 | — | 26 | 26 | #382 |
| 1895 | — | 32 | 32 | #328 |
| 1894 | — | 23 | 23 | #393 |
| 1893 | — | 38 | 38 | #285 |
| 1892 | — | 42 | 42 | #283 |
| 1891 | — | 33 | 33 | #286 |
| 1890 | — | 31 | 31 | #313 |
| 1889 | — | 37 | 37 | #279 |
| 1888 | — | 40 | 40 | #285 |
| 1887 | — | 24 | 24 | #336 |
| 1886 | — | 19 | 19 | #405 |
| 1885 | — | 28 | 28 | #322 |
| 1884 | — | 32 | 32 | #310 |
| 1883 | — | 21 | 21 | #373 |
| 1882 | — | 27 | 27 | #340 |
| 1881 | — | 20 | 20 | #378 |
| 1880 | — | 26 | 26 | #340 |