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.

Royall*

#17,762 most common boys' name of all time · #46,463 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1920–2023 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#17,762
Rank overall
#46,463 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
69
Since 2016
26
Peak year
1920 #4,275
Best rank
#3,910 1941
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
192019401960198020002020

Royall first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 — 6 6 #10,977
2022 — 5 5 #12,522
2020 — 5 5 #12,220
2019 5 — 5 —
2016 5 — 5 —
2015 — 5 5 #12,291
1952 — 5 5 #4,081
1943 — 5 5 #3,938
1942 — 5 5 #3,942
1941 — 5 5 #3,910
1930 — 6 6 #3,943
1922 — 6 6 #4,249
1920 — 6 6 #4,275