Royce
Royce is ranked 462nd among boys in 2024 (669 births). Its best rank was 283rd, in 1935.
- Rank in 2024
- #462down 17 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6690.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021809 births
- Best rank
- #283in 1935
- Since 1892
- 35,031people given the name
The story in the numbers
32,543 boys have been named Royce in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 809 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 2010s alone account for 18%. It has spent 120 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 2,488 girls have also been given it, 7.1% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Royce | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 43 | |
| 1900s | 77 | |
| 1910s | 822 | |
| 1920s | 2,252 | |
| 1930s | 3,113 | |
| 1940s | 3,456 | |
| 1950s | 3,492 | |
| 1960s | 2,451 | |
| 1970s | 1,809 | |
| 1980s | 1,937 | |
| 1990s | 1,820 | |
| 2000s | 1,806 | |
| 2010s | 5,782 | |
| 2020s | 3,683 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Royce was the 392nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Royce
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lindenpeak 2024
- Winstonpeak 2019
- Rolanpeak 2021
- Dixonpeak 2014
- Arvinpeak 2017
- Timoteopeak 2024
- Denverpeak 2022
- Waldenpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.