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Royce name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Royce ranks #500 in male records (606 reported) and #6,074 in female records (20 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#6,074 · 20 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 13 female records (33 to 20); rank moved from #4,361 to #6,074.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 24 female records (44 to 20); rank moved from #3,544 to #6,074.
2025 male rank and count
#500 · 606 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 64 male records (670 to 606); rank moved from #461 to #500.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 204 male records (810 to 606); rank moved from #393 to #500.
Peak year in available data
2021: 810 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Royce becoming more popular?

Royce's reported male count decreased by 64 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #461 to #500. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Royce 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 RoyceFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.8100201620252016: 62 female records2017: 74 female records2018: 74 female records2019: 56 female records2020: 67 female records2021: 44 female records2022: 34 female records2023: 39 female records2024: 33 female records2025: 20 female records2016: 661 male records2017: 651 male records2018: 693 male records2019: 801 male records2020: 730 male records2021: 810 male records2022: 778 male records2023: 699 male records2024: 670 male records2025: 606 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
2025206,074606500
2024334,361670461
2023393,900699445
2022344,276778414
2021443,544810393
2020672,577730406
2019562,956801392
2018742,432693438
2017742,459651466
2016622,791661462

Questions about Royce’s popularity

How common is Royce in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Royce ranks #500 in male records (606 reported) and #6,074 in female records (20 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 Royce?

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

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