Boys' name · since 1997
Roey
104 babies named Roey in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,174 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,730 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 104
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Roey is the #12730 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 104 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roey has been recorded 104 times among boys since 1997, currently ranked #12730 nationally and more common than 9% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #17,174 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,730 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 104 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roey ranks #17,174 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,730 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 104 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,174 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,730 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 104
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Roey's 104 recorded births place it above 62.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Roey compares
104 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Roey's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 104 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Roey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Roey's full recorded timeline at 2011, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Roey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Roey popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2025 (Roey as girls' name)
Roey by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (34 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Roey's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Roey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 34 births (33% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Roey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.