Royce*
#604 most common boys' name of all time · #1,344 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1892–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#604
Rank overall
#1,344 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
35,662
Since 2016
7,602
Peak year
2019 #392
Best rank
#283 1935
Girls
Boys
peak 857/yr
Royce first appears in 1892. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 606 | 626 | #499 |
| 2024 | 33 | 670 | 703 | #461 |
| 2023 | 39 | 699 | 738 | #445 |
| 2022 | 34 | 778 | 812 | #414 |
| 2021 | 44 | 810 | 854 | #392 |
| 2020 | 67 | 730 | 797 | #406 |
| 2019 | 56 | 801 | 857 | #392 |
| 2018 | 74 | 693 | 767 | #438 |
| 2017 | 74 | 651 | 725 | #466 |
| 2016 | 62 | 661 | 723 | #462 |
| 2015 | 46 | 534 | 580 | #534 |
| 2014 | 43 | 604 | 647 | #476 |
| 2013 | 41 | 512 | 553 | #518 |
| 2012 | 44 | 543 | 587 | #492 |
| 2011 | 34 | 478 | 512 | #533 |
| 2010 | 15 | 306 | 321 | #743 |
| 2009 | 13 | 218 | 231 | #940 |
| 2008 | 8 | 225 | 233 | #914 |
| 2007 | 5 | 227 | 232 | #888 |
| 2006 | 6 | 216 | 222 | #901 |
| 2005 | — | 194 | 194 | #912 |
| 2004 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,076 |
| 2003 | 7 | 136 | 143 | #1,123 |
| 2002 | — | 133 | 133 | #1,099 |
| 2001 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,097 |
| 2000 | — | 179 | 179 | #880 |
| 1999 | 7 | 158 | 165 | #929 |
| 1998 | — | 155 | 155 | #918 |
| 1997 | 6 | 132 | 138 | #982 |
| 1996 | 7 | 179 | 186 | #804 |
| 1995 | 7 | 192 | 199 | #775 |
| 1994 | — | 196 | 196 | #751 |
| 1993 | 10 | 206 | 216 | #723 |
| 1992 | 5 | 197 | 202 | #737 |
| 1991 | 7 | 194 | 201 | #729 |
| 1990 | 8 | 211 | 219 | #702 |
| 1989 | 5 | 194 | 199 | #707 |
| 1988 | 14 | 202 | 216 | #668 |
| 1987 | 5 | 196 | 201 | #655 |
| 1986 | 7 | 183 | 190 | #663 |
| 1985 | 13 | 215 | 228 | #598 |
| 1984 | 6 | 195 | 201 | #610 |
| 1983 | 7 | 168 | 175 | #660 |
| 1982 | 8 | 216 | 224 | #588 |
| 1981 | 7 | 190 | 197 | #620 |
| 1980 | 11 | 178 | 189 | #650 |
| 1979 | 5 | 187 | 192 | #626 |
| 1978 | 9 | 171 | 180 | #643 |
| 1977 | 17 | 182 | 199 | #622 |
| 1976 | 8 | 172 | 180 | #628 |
| 1975 | 9 | 146 | 155 | #683 |
| 1974 | 9 | 160 | 169 | #638 |
| 1973 | 18 | 164 | 182 | #617 |
| 1972 | 12 | 186 | 198 | #584 |
| 1971 | 14 | 228 | 242 | #532 |
| 1970 | 14 | 213 | 227 | #555 |
| 1969 | 15 | 231 | 246 | #512 |
| 1968 | 19 | 186 | 205 | #554 |
| 1967 | 18 | 228 | 246 | #497 |
| 1966 | 17 | 193 | 210 | #552 |
| 1965 | 18 | 220 | 238 | #515 |
| 1964 | 30 | 252 | 282 | #499 |
| 1963 | 27 | 276 | 303 | #479 |
| 1962 | 19 | 291 | 310 | #467 |
| 1961 | 20 | 274 | 294 | #482 |
| 1960 | 34 | 300 | 334 | #460 |
| 1959 | 24 | 337 | 361 | #437 |
| 1958 | 33 | 335 | 368 | #430 |
| 1957 | 38 | 328 | 366 | #426 |
| 1956 | 58 | 357 | 415 | #403 |
| 1955 | 29 | 375 | 404 | #373 |
| 1954 | 36 | 364 | 400 | #369 |
| 1953 | 58 | 354 | 412 | #366 |
| 1952 | 39 | 362 | 401 | #358 |
| 1951 | 29 | 355 | 384 | #365 |
| 1950 | 43 | 325 | 368 | #376 |
| 1949 | 43 | 328 | 371 | #372 |
| 1948 | 35 | 356 | 391 | #357 |
| 1947 | 38 | 361 | 399 | #359 |
| 1946 | 47 | 354 | 401 | #344 |
| 1945 | 59 | 323 | 382 | #331 |
| 1944 | 54 | 347 | 401 | #324 |
| 1943 | 59 | 372 | 431 | #317 |
| 1942 | 45 | 323 | 368 | #339 |
| 1941 | 15 | 357 | 372 | #304 |
| 1940 | 32 | 335 | 367 | #305 |
| 1939 | 27 | 297 | 324 | #316 |
| 1938 | 35 | 331 | 366 | #301 |
| 1937 | 22 | 326 | 348 | #299 |
| 1936 | 24 | 318 | 342 | #299 |
| 1935 | 23 | 365 | 388 | #283 |
| 1934 | 19 | 296 | 315 | #315 |
| 1933 | 29 | 289 | 318 | #319 |
| 1932 | 18 | 305 | 323 | #313 |
| 1931 | 20 | 297 | 317 | #317 |
| 1930 | 15 | 289 | 304 | #324 |
| 1929 | 21 | 281 | 302 | #330 |
| 1928 | 29 | 260 | 289 | #358 |
| 1927 | 17 | 249 | 266 | #372 |
| 1926 | 23 | 243 | 266 | #376 |
| 1925 | 26 | 221 | 247 | #403 |
| 1924 | 17 | 233 | 250 | #401 |
| 1923 | 13 | 207 | 220 | #420 |
| 1922 | 9 | 186 | 195 | #451 |
| 1921 | 16 | 199 | 215 | #434 |
| 1920 | 14 | 173 | 187 | #464 |
| 1919 | 10 | 136 | 146 | #513 |
| 1918 | 13 | 133 | 146 | #526 |
| 1917 | 5 | 129 | 134 | #507 |
| 1916 | 6 | 123 | 129 | #514 |
| 1915 | 6 | 109 | 115 | #534 |
| 1914 | — | 77 | 77 | #576 |
| 1913 | — | 44 | 44 | #692 |
| 1912 | — | 37 | 37 | #711 |
| 1911 | — | 23 | 23 | #663 |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,038 |
| 1909 | — | 14 | 14 | #797 |
| 1908 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,009 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,078 |
| 1906 | — | 10 | 10 | #844 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,078 |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | #953 |
| 1903 | — | 10 | 10 | #780 |
| 1900 | — | 11 | 11 | #834 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #993 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #936 |
| 1896 | — | 10 | 10 | #776 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #968 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,152 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #955 |