Unisex name · since 1977
Royale
Royale has 930 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 930
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Royale currently ranks #4697 among unisex names in America, with 930 babies recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Royale recorded 930 times among girls since 1977, holding rank #4697 nationally today, ahead of 73% 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 1977 to 2025.
- #7,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,697 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 930 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Royale ranks #7,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,697 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 930 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 930
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Royale's 930 recorded births place it above 89.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Royale compares
930 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Royale's all-time total is 147% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Royale | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 930 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 72 | 21 | 19,840 |
Royale's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Royale splits its recorded history at 2006: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 72 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Royale popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 72
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Royale popularity over time - boys
678 total births recorded since 1982 (Royale as boys' name)
Royale by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (444 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Royale's strongest decade.
444 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Royale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 92
1990s
92 births
- 2000s 51
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
444 births
- 2020s
2020s
301 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 444 births (48% of all-time use).
How Royale 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 Royale's total volume
Royale by state
Where Royale concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 51 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 31 | 3.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 28 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 28 | 3.0% |
| #5 | California | | 23 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 23 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
51 of 930 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Royale's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (444 total births) through the 2020s (301) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Royales (51 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Royale: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Royale 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.