first name
ROYCE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,155 people named Royce, 60% reported their origin as White, 17.2% as Black and 10.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 92% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Royce peaked in 2019, when 857 babies got the name.
At least 35,662 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.
Royce by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #645. The largest share of babies named Royce, 26.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Royce is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Royce has been most common in Hawaii (3×), Texas (2.7×), and Oklahoma (2.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.18×).
27,494 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 Royce
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Royce, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Royce ranks #6,558 of 156,621, with 4,961 people. See Royce as a last name
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