Unisex name · since 1952
Roi
379 babies named Roi in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,328 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,397 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1952
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Roi is the #3397 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 379 recorded since 1952.
Social Security Administration records show Roi recorded 379 times among boys since 1952, holding rank #3397 nationally today, ahead of 76% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #9,328 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,397 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 379 born since 1952
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roi ranks #9,328 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,397 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 379 born since 1952, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,328 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,397 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1952
- 2020s
- peak decade
Roi's 379 recorded births place it above 79.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Roi compares
379 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Roi's all-time total is 3% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 379 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 34 | 22,252 |
Roi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Roi splits its recorded history at 2009: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Roi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Roi popularity over time - girls
51 total births recorded since 1944 (Roi as girls' name)
Roi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (147 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Roi's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Roi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 41
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s
2020s
147 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 147 births (39% of all-time use).
Roi by state
Where Roi concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 15 | 4.0% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
15 of 379 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Roi's data
- New York records the most Rois (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Roi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Roi 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.