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Royal name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Royal ranks #476 in male records (640 reported) and #1,663 in female records (125 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#1,663 · 125 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 69 female records (194 to 125); rank moved from #1,219 to #1,663.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 204 female records (329 to 125); rank moved from #840 to #1,663.
2025 male rank and count
#476 · 640 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 105 male records (745 to 640); rank moved from #424 to #476.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 248 male records (888 to 640); rank moved from #369 to #476.
Peak year in available data
2021: 888 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Royal becoming more popular?

Royal's reported male count decreased by 105 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #424 to #476. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Royal in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for RoyalFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.8880201620252016: 477 female records2017: 418 female records2018: 341 female records2019: 351 female records2020: 352 female records2021: 329 female records2022: 322 female records2023: 259 female records2024: 194 female records2025: 125 female records2016: 662 male records2017: 577 male records2018: 610 male records2019: 653 male records2020: 740 male records2021: 888 male records2022: 880 male records2023: 795 male records2024: 745 male records2025: 640 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251251,663640476
20241941,219745424
2023259988795401
2022322864880369
2021329840888369
2020352774740405
2019351790653459
2018341800610482
2017418697577504
2016477629662461

Questions about Royal’s popularity

How common is Royal in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Royal ranks #476 in male records (640 reported) and #1,663 in female records (125 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Royal?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Royal only.

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