Meaning not yet researched.
Royal: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 640 in 2025. Its best rank was #279 in 1889.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #279 in 1889; #476 in 2025. About 84% of babies named Royal in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#476 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1889, at #279.
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Royal: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 640 boys in 2025. Peak: #279 in 1889 · most boys in one year: 888 (2021).
In 2025, 640 US boys were named Royal, making it the 476th most common boys’ name of the year, down 52 places from #424 in 2024. That is 105 fewer than the 745 boys named Royal in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #279, reached in 1889. The most boys given the name in a single year was 888, in 2021. For comparison, it was #467 in 2015 and #661 in 1950.
In 2025, 125 US girls were named Royal, making it the 1,663rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 444 places from #1,219 in 2024. That is 69 fewer than the 194 girls named Royal in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #629, reached in 2016. That year also had the most girls given the name: 477. For comparison, it was #742 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Royal in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 26 babies with the name. In all, 24,394 US babies have been given the name, 18% of them girls and 82% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,727 babies named Royal.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,190 US boys were named Royal; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 888. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,669 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Royal ranked highest in Georgia in 2025, at #257 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Roel (4,711 babies since 1880) and Royale (1,608 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rual, Royel and Rohail are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rual (178), Royel (139), Rohail (106), Rohil (86), Royall (69), Royle (46), Royalle (46), Roul (5), Roll (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Royal in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 49 | #257 | #216 |
| Maryland | 18 | #317 | #309 |
| Nevada | 10 | #320 | #258 |
| Oklahoma | 15 | #325 | #410 |
| North Carolina | 36 | #328 | #418 |
| Louisiana | 16 | #332 | #345 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #364 | — |
| Wisconsin | 14 | #389 | #544 |
| Alabama | 14 | #397 | #324 |
| Indiana | 18 | #408 | #569 |
| Minnesota | 14 | #415 | #703 |
| Idaho | 6 | #427 | — |
| Arizona | 18 | #428 | #384 |
| Michigan | 20 | #441 | #499 |
| Illinois | 25 | #442 | #483 |
| Florida | 42 | #448 | #454 |
| Ohio | 24 | #452 | #328 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #462 | #321 |
| Oregon | 8 | #467 | #699 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #482 | #629 |
| Missouri | 13 | #485 | #438 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #489 | #512 |
| Texas | 66 | #511 | #572 |
| New York | 31 | #523 | #379 |
| Iowa | 6 | #560 | — |
| Tennessee | 13 | #584 | #585 |
| Washington | 12 | #596 | #590 |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #626 | #501 |
| California | 43 | #653 | #475 |
| Kansas | 5 | #678 | #504 |
| Utah | 6 | #686 | #757 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #692 | #653 |
| Colorado | 7 | #741 | #676 |
| Virginia | 9 | #782 | #575 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,663 | 640 | #476 |
| 2024 | 194 | #1,219 | 745 | #424 |
| 2023 | 259 | #988 | 795 | #401 |
| 2022 | 322 | #864 | 880 | #369 |
| 2021 | 329 | #840 | 888 | #369 |
| 2020 | 352 | #774 | 740 | #405 |
| 2019 | 351 | #790 | 653 | #459 |
| 2018 | 341 | #800 | 610 | #482 |
| 2017 | 418 | #697 | 577 | #504 |
| 2016 | 477 | #629 | 662 | #461 |
| 2015 | 380 | #742 | 648 | #467 |
| 2014 | 255 | #1,024 | 489 | #570 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,896 | 235 | #888 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,581 | 194 | #1,016 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,227 | 148 | #1,196 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,160 | 145 | #1,226 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,678 | 122 | #1,402 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,877 | 110 | #1,491 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,915 | 115 | #1,420 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,253 | 75 | #1,837 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,042 | 68 | #1,883 |
| 2004 | 14 | #8,146 | 61 | #1,986 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,534 | 53 | #2,120 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,916 | 53 | #2,062 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,191 | 57 | #1,930 |
| 2000 | 11 | #9,031 | 50 | #2,043 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,155 | 49 | #1,987 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,930 | 52 | #1,893 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,372 | 47 | #1,955 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,999 | 49 | #1,865 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,500 | 42 | #2,018 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,438 | 52 | #1,729 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,934 | 50 | #1,735 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,432 | 43 | #1,908 |
| 1991 | 8 | #10,035 | 52 | #1,629 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,368 | 66 | #1,378 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,991 | 44 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,423 | 55 | #1,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,785 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1986 | — | — | 48 | #1,452 |
| 1985 | 5 | #12,043 | 52 | #1,349 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,976 | 41 | #1,527 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,956 | 58 | #1,198 |
| 1982 | — | — | 55 | #1,262 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,258 | 49 | #1,359 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,825 | 52 | #1,310 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,758 | 56 | #1,240 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,444 | 60 | #1,146 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,356 | 52 | #1,240 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,114 | 49 | #1,259 |
| 1975 | — | — | 46 | #1,274 |
| 1974 | — | — | 49 | #1,193 |
| 1973 | — | — | 50 | #1,172 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,015 | 59 | #1,058 |
| 1971 | — | — | 67 | #997 |
| 1970 | — | — | 73 | #938 |
| 1969 | — | — | 64 | #964 |
| 1968 | — | — | 49 | #1,064 |
| 1967 | — | — | 67 | #884 |
| 1966 | — | — | 66 | #894 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,314 | 78 | #835 |
| 1964 | — | — | 78 | #866 |
| 1963 | — | — | 69 | #905 |
| 1962 | — | — | 79 | #854 |
| 1961 | — | — | 90 | #807 |
| 1960 | — | — | 95 | #787 |
| 1959 | — | — | 91 | #806 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,302 | 65 | #948 |
| 1957 | — | — | 100 | #756 |
| 1956 | — | — | 130 | #670 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,711 | 104 | #719 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,465 | 110 | #691 |
| 1953 | — | — | 118 | #655 |
| 1952 | — | — | 104 | #687 |
| 1951 | — | — | 134 | #608 |
| 1950 | — | — | 112 | #661 |
| 1949 | — | — | 129 | #602 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,883 | 126 | #606 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,191 | 154 | #541 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,341 | 120 | #588 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,455 | 144 | #499 |
| 1944 | — | — | 135 | #527 |
| 1943 | — | — | 122 | #575 |
| 1942 | — | — | 124 | #552 |
| 1941 | — | — | 108 | #574 |
| 1940 | — | — | 127 | #516 |
| 1939 | — | — | 112 | #542 |
| 1938 | — | — | 134 | #504 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,816 | 131 | #503 |
| 1936 | — | — | 128 | #503 |
| 1935 | — | — | 123 | #521 |
| 1934 | — | — | 127 | #521 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,695 | 145 | #463 |
| 1932 | — | — | 149 | #472 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,943 | 148 | #466 |
| 1930 | — | — | 158 | #472 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,170 | 212 | #400 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,698 | 182 | #444 |
| 1927 | — | — | 196 | #432 |
| 1926 | — | — | 181 | #452 |
| 1925 | — | — | 200 | #424 |
| 1924 | — | — | 214 | #418 |
| 1923 | — | — | 226 | #396 |
| 1922 | — | — | 228 | #400 |
| 1921 | — | — | 191 | #447 |
| 1920 | — | — | 200 | #423 |
| 1919 | — | — | 202 | #410 |
| 1918 | — | — | 223 | #399 |
| 1917 | — | — | 186 | #414 |
| 1916 | — | — | 174 | #429 |
| 1915 | — | — | 157 | #433 |
| 1914 | — | — | 125 | #432 |
| 1913 | — | — | 91 | #455 |
| 1912 | — | — | 100 | #384 |
| 1911 | — | — | 36 | #495 |
| 1910 | — | — | 44 | #406 |
| 1909 | — | — | 41 | #376 |
| 1908 | — | — | 38 | #380 |
| 1907 | — | — | 28 | #445 |
| 1906 | — | — | 38 | #339 |
| 1905 | — | — | 30 | #389 |
| 1904 | — | — | 30 | #377 |
| 1903 | — | — | 28 | #367 |
| 1902 | — | — | 31 | #358 |
| 1901 | — | — | 23 | #398 |
| 1900 | — | — | 25 | #466 |
| 1899 | — | — | 28 | #344 |
| 1898 | — | — | 26 | #389 |
| 1897 | — | — | 20 | #433 |
| 1896 | — | — | 26 | #386 |
| 1895 | — | — | 32 | #328 |
| 1894 | — | — | 23 | #396 |
| 1893 | — | — | 38 | #285 |
| 1892 | — | — | 42 | #283 |
| 1891 | — | — | 33 | #288 |
| 1890 | — | — | 31 | #315 |
| 1889 | — | — | 37 | #279 |
| 1888 | — | — | 40 | #285 |
| 1887 | — | — | 24 | #339 |
| 1886 | — | — | 19 | #414 |
| 1885 | — | — | 28 | #324 |
| 1884 | — | — | 32 | #311 |
| 1883 | — | — | 21 | #379 |
| 1882 | — | — | 27 | #345 |
| 1881 | — | — | 20 | #385 |
| 1880 | — | — | 26 | #340 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).