Meaning not yet researched.
Royce: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 606 in 2025. Its best rank was #283 in 1935.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #283 in 1935; #500 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Royce in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#500 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1935, at #283.
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Royce: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 606 boys in 2025. Peak: #283 in 1935 · most boys in one year: 810 (2021).
In 2025, 606 US boys were named Royce, making it the 500th most common boys’ name of the year, down 39 places from #461 in 2024. That is 64 fewer than the 670 boys named Royce in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #283, reached in 1935. The most boys given the name in a single year was 810, in 2021. For comparison, it was #534 in 2015 and #376 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Royce in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1892 with 7 babies. In all, 35,662 US babies have been given the name, 7.0% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,272 babies named Royce.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,099 US boys were named Royce; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 810. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,819 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Royce ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #166 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rock (2,681 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Roc, Roch and Rocke 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: Roc (287), Roch (251), Rocke (46), Roche (41), Rooke (24), Roic (8), Royace (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 Royce 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 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 9 | #166 | — |
| Iowa | 16 | #256 | #329 |
| Montana | 5 | #282 | #284 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #353 | — |
| Nevada | 9 | #359 | #305 |
| Florida | 50 | #392 | #623 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #395 | #570 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #422 | #495 |
| Indiana | 17 | #426 | #570 |
| Idaho | 6 | #428 | #287 |
| Texas | 78 | #432 | #439 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #433 | #613 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #434 | #845 |
| Missouri | 15 | #435 | #556 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #463 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #475 | #545 |
| Michigan | 18 | #480 | #500 |
| California | 67 | #480 | #467 |
| Kansas | 7 | #507 | #567 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #516 | #673 |
| Arizona | 14 | #522 | #553 |
| North Carolina | 19 | #534 | #615 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #544 | — |
| Utah | 8 | #549 | #758 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #574 | #463 |
| Georgia | 18 | #582 | #654 |
| Tennessee | 13 | #585 | #900 |
| Oregon | 6 | #590 | — |
| Washington | 12 | #597 | #439 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #598 | #617 |
| Colorado | 9 | #614 | #360 |
| Ohio | 16 | #621 | #589 |
| Virginia | 11 | #660 | #719 |
| Alabama | 7 | #670 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #683 | #563 |
| Maryland | 7 | #684 | #625 |
| Illinois | 11 | #792 | #632 |
| New York | 17 | #837 | #716 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #6,074 | 606 | #500 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,361 | 670 | #461 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,900 | 699 | #445 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,276 | 778 | #414 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,544 | 810 | #393 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,577 | 730 | #406 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,956 | 801 | #392 |
| 2018 | 74 | #2,432 | 693 | #438 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,459 | 651 | #466 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,791 | 661 | #462 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,467 | 534 | #534 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,640 | 604 | #476 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,768 | 512 | #518 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,637 | 543 | #492 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,341 | 478 | #531 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,217 | 306 | #743 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,297 | 218 | #941 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,572 | 225 | #914 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,936 | 227 | #888 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,710 | 216 | #903 |
| 2005 | — | — | 194 | #912 |
| 2004 | — | — | 148 | #1,078 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,535 | 136 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | — | — | 133 | #1,105 |
| 2001 | — | — | 130 | #1,098 |
| 2000 | — | — | 179 | #882 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,386 | 158 | #929 |
| 1998 | — | — | 155 | #919 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,373 | 132 | #986 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,531 | 179 | #807 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,501 | 192 | #775 |
| 1994 | — | — | 196 | #751 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,555 | 206 | #724 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,026 | 197 | #737 |
| 1991 | 7 | #11,220 | 194 | #729 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,949 | 211 | #703 |
| 1989 | 5 | #14,010 | 194 | #707 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,829 | 202 | #668 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,786 | 196 | #655 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,323 | 183 | #664 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,588 | 215 | #598 |
| 1984 | 6 | #10,073 | 195 | #610 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,755 | 168 | #661 |
| 1982 | 8 | #8,044 | 216 | #588 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,826 | 190 | #619 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,224 | 178 | #650 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,500 | 187 | #629 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,803 | 171 | #644 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,197 | 182 | #622 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,115 | 172 | #627 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,336 | 146 | #683 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,129 | 160 | #637 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,602 | 164 | #617 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,739 | 186 | #584 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,267 | 228 | #532 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,204 | 213 | #555 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,736 | 231 | #513 |
| 1968 | 19 | #3,034 | 186 | #554 |
| 1967 | 18 | #3,048 | 228 | #498 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,127 | 193 | #553 |
| 1965 | 18 | #3,027 | 220 | #517 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,238 | 252 | #499 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,349 | 276 | #479 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,895 | 291 | #467 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,817 | 274 | #482 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,974 | 300 | #460 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,384 | 337 | #437 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,934 | 335 | #430 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,772 | 328 | #426 |
| 1956 | 58 | #1,374 | 357 | #403 |
| 1955 | 29 | #2,014 | 375 | #374 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,731 | 364 | #369 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,286 | 354 | #366 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,555 | 362 | #358 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,837 | 355 | #364 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,406 | 325 | #376 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,418 | 328 | #372 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,594 | 356 | #356 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,541 | 361 | #359 |
| 1946 | 47 | #1,269 | 354 | #344 |
| 1945 | 59 | #1,011 | 323 | #331 |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,068 | 347 | #324 |
| 1943 | 59 | #1,046 | 372 | #317 |
| 1942 | 45 | #1,192 | 323 | #339 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,253 | 357 | #304 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,342 | 335 | #305 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,466 | 297 | #316 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,243 | 331 | #301 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,674 | 326 | #299 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,543 | 318 | #299 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,600 | 365 | #283 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,827 | 296 | #315 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,357 | 289 | #319 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,939 | 305 | #312 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,793 | 297 | #317 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,287 | 289 | #324 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,813 | 281 | #330 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,498 | 260 | #358 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,245 | 249 | #372 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,822 | 243 | #376 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,695 | 221 | #403 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,297 | 233 | #401 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,704 | 207 | #420 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,610 | 186 | #451 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,362 | 199 | #433 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,564 | 173 | #464 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,183 | 136 | #513 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,651 | 133 | #525 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,207 | 129 | #507 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,324 | 123 | #514 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,179 | 109 | #534 |
| 1914 | — | — | 77 | #576 |
| 1913 | — | — | 44 | #690 |
| 1912 | — | — | 37 | #712 |
| 1911 | — | — | 23 | #661 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,033 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #799 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #1,012 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,077 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #843 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,072 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #950 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #768 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #829 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #978 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #924 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #769 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #964 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,159 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #940 |
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).