Royale — #3237 US unisex name
899 babies named Royale in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Royale was born in this single decade.
72 babies were named Royale in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Royale
The Social Security Administration has registered 899 babies named Royale between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Royale currently holds the #3237 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 72 babies received it in a single year. Royale is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 653 additional births since 1982.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Royale performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 444 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Royale shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Royale in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Royale in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 899 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Royale at a glance
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Current rank
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Royale popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2018)
- 72
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #3237 among girls.
899 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 72 births in a single year.
Royale popularity over time — boys
653 total births recorded since 1982 (Royale as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Royale accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Royale by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 444 births that decade — 49% of Royale's all-time total
Royale decade highlights
- Peak decade 444 births
- Runner-up 270 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Royale's strongest decade
444 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Royale by state
Where Royale concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 51 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 31 | 3.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 28 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 28 | 3.1% |
| #5 | California | | 23 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 23 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
51 of 899 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 5.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.4% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.