Girls' name · since 1955
Roya
1,623 babies named Roya in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,371 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,623
- born since 1955
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,623 babies have been named Roya since 1955, making it today's #2371 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Roya recorded 1,623 times among girls since 1955, holding rank #2371 nationally today, ahead of 86% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #5,417 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,371 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,623 born since 1955
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roya ranks #5,417 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,371 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,623 born since 1955, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,371 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,623
- born since 1955
- 2010s
- peak decade
Roya's 1,623 recorded births place it above 92.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Roya compares
1,623 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Roya's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,623 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 76 | 21 | 19,840 |
Roya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Roya splits its recorded history at 1993: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1955 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 76 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Roya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Roya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (392 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Roya's strongest decade.
392 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Roya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 42
1960s
42 births
- 1970s 99
1970s
99 births
- 1980s
1980s
234 births
- 1990s
1990s
275 births
- 2000s
2000s
219 births
- 2010s
2010s
392 births
- 2020s
2020s
343 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 392 births (24% of all-time use).
How Roya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Roya's total volume
Roya by state
Where Roya concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 390 | 24.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 30 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Washington | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.3% |
390 of 1,623 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Roya's data
- Roya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (392 total births) through the 2020s (343) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Royas (390 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Roya: 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 (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Roya 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.