Roy Boy
How popular is Roy?
#525 boy name in 2025
570 baby boys were named Roy in the US in 2025, making it the 525th most popular boy name.
Roy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #525 for boys (▲ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 570 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #533 in 2015, #572 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (7,560 boys) |
| Highest rank | #18 in 1889 (6 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Roy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Roy family of names ranked #487 for boys in 2025 (#498 the year before), with 609 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Roy | 570 | 94% |
| Roi | 34 | 6% |
| Roey | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Roy is most popular
Babies named Roy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Roy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,565 | #18 |
| 1890s | 9,779 | #18 |
| 1900s | 10,632 | #20 |
| 1910s | 40,340 | #29 |
| 1920s | 63,259 | #31 |
| 1930s | 51,495 | #33 |
| 1940s | 65,648 | #38 |
| 1950s | 61,847 | #51 |
| 1960s | 40,047 | #80 |
| 1970s | 22,353 | #108 |
| 1980s | 14,308 | #153 |
| 1990s | 8,601 | #235 |
| 2000s | 5,581 | #399 |
| 2010s | 5,017 | #524 |
| 2020s | 3,166 | #525 |
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Questions
- Is Roy a boy or girl name?
- Roy is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Roy were boys.
- How popular is the name Roy?
- 570 baby boys were named Roy in the US in 2025, making it the 525th most popular boy name.
- When was Roy most popular?
- Roy peaked in 1947, when 7,560 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #18, held for 6 years starting in 1889.
- How many people are named Roy?
- 411,331 babies have been named Roy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 173,104 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 66.
- Where is Roy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Roy was most common in Montana, at 1.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.