Boys' name · peaked in 2021
Royce name popularity since 1925
33,613 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Royce (7.1% girls, 92.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1978 or earlier, so the typical Royce is about 48 years old in 2026. Royce peaked in 2021 as the #393 name for boys, and it ranked #500 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 33,613
- Named Royce, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #500
- for boys in 2025 (606 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 92.9% boys
- 2,399 girls · 31,214 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 2.58× its national share
Peak year is the year Royce made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Royce births per year, 1925–2025
2021 was the biggest year for Royce both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2009 and 2014, Royce became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 9,100 baby boys to 1 in 3,180.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Royce's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Royce.
Decade by decade
Babies named Royce in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 116 | 1,254 | – |
| 1930s | 232 | 3,113 | #283 |
| 1940s | 427 | 3,456 | #331 |
| 1950s | 387 | 3,492 | #374 |
| 1960s | 217 | 2,451 | #517 |
| 1970s | 115 | 1,809 | #683 |
| 1980s | 83 | 1,937 | #598 |
| 1990s | 57 | 1,820 | #775 |
| 2000s | 39 | 1,806 | #912 |
| 2010s | 489 | 5,783 | #534 |
| 2020–25 | 237 | 4,293 | #500 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
27.9% of babies named Royce from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Royce is most popular
The index compares Royce's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Royce.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.58× | 895 |
| Texas | 2.57× | 5,381 |
| Arkansas | 2.33× | 637 |
| Alabama | 2.05× | 964 |
| Georgia | 1.88× | 1,382 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Royce's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Royce.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Royce (2021).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data