Royal Boy & girl
How popular is Royal?
#476 boy name in 2025
640 baby boys were named Royal in the US in 2025, making it the 476th most popular boy name. Another 125 girls got the name (#1,652 for girls).
Royal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #476 for boys (▼ 52 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 640 boys, 125 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #465 in 2015, #405 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (888 boys) |
| Highest rank | #274 in 1889 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 69% boys, 31% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Royal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Royal family of names ranked #465 for boys in 2025 (#417 the year before), with 647 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Royal | 640 | 99% |
| Royel | 7 | 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 Royal is most popular
Babies named Royal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 1.4 per 1,000 (343 boys)
- Nevada: 1.1 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (107 boys)
- Mississippi: 1.0 per 1,000 (58 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.0 per 1,000 (104 boys)
Royal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 274 | #274 |
| 1890s | 299 | #279 |
| 1900s | 312 | #335 |
| 1910s | 1,338 | #384 |
| 1920s | 2,030 | #396 |
| 1930s | 1,355 | #461 |
| 1940s | 1,289 | #497 |
| 1950s | 1,068 | #600 |
| 1960s | 735 | #781 |
| 1970s | 561 | #931 |
| 1980s | 496 | #1,190 |
| 1990s | 502 | #1,365 |
| 2000s | 764 | #1,390 |
| 2010s | 4,361 | #458 |
| 2020s | 4,688 | #369 |
Boy names about as popular as Royal
Questions
- Is Royal a boy or girl name?
- Royal is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 69% of babies named Royal were boys and 31% were girls.
- How popular is the name Royal?
- 640 baby boys were named Royal in the US in 2025, making it the 476th most popular boy name. Another 125 girls got the name (#1,652 for girls).
- When was Royal most popular?
- Royal peaked in 2021, when 888 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #274 in 1889.
- How many people are named Royal?
- 24,394 babies have been named Royal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,694 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Royal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Royal was most common in Georgia, at 1.4 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.