How rare is the name Royal?

10,220 people in the United States have the first name Royal, about 1 in 29,553. It ranks #2,431 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROYAL

#2,431

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,220
About
1 in 29,553
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,220 people named Royal, 47.6% reported their origin as Black, 33.9% as White and 8% as Hispanic or Latino. 78.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Royal peaked in 2021, when 1,217 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
1,217
In 2025*
765 ▼37%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 24,394 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Royal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #633. The largest share of babies named Royal, 50.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#710274
1890s#846299
1900s#1,011312
1910s#9101,338
1920s#8822,043
1930s#1,0251,377
1940s#1,2041,313
1950s#1,6131,086
1960s#2,103740
1970s#2,657594
1980s#3,193553
1990s#3,833588
2000s#3,635881
2010s#9206,727
2020s#6336,269
Before 19012.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.5%
Baby boom 1946–648.4%
Generation X 1965–804%
Millennials 1981–963.7%
Generation Z 1997–126.7%
2013 and later50.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Royal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Royal has been most common in Nevada (3.4×), Louisiana (2.7×), and Georgia (2.3×), and least common in Kentucky (0.24×).

16,755 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Royal

#2,429 Tamia · 10,222#2,430 Josefa · 10,221#2,432 Donny · 10,205#2,433 Eugenio · 10,199

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Royal, most common first.

#13,624 Royale · 881#46,856 Royall · 141

Also a last name

As a last name, Royal ranks #2,337 of 156,621, with 15,194 people. See Royal as a last name

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